Legal Opinion

Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad v. Wilson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 8, 1889No. 14,584PublishedCited by 14 opinions

From the Vanderburgh Superior Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Mitchell, J. —

Wilson & Chambers, partners, engaged in purchasing and shipping cross-ties used in the construction and maintenance of railroads, sued the appellant railroad company to recover for alleged excessive freight charges paid upon three hundred and fifty-four car-loads of ties shipped over the defendant company’s railroad. The plaintiffs allege that the railroad company entered into an agreement with them whereby it became bound to receive and transport to points named cross-ties at the rate of $14 per car-load; that in pursuance of the agreement so entered into, the defendant company…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Bank of Kentucky v. Adams Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. The DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  3. Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v. JureySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. Hudson Canal Co. v. Pennsylvania Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1869
  5. Long v. StrausIndiana Supreme Court · 1886

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Hopkins v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1924
  2. Sullivan v. Minneapolis & Rainy River Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1913
  3. Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad v. WilsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Hogan Transfer & Storage Corp. v. WaymireIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. Indianapolis, Decatur & Western Railway Co. v. ForsytheIndiana Court of Appeals · 1892

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