State v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
From an order of the railroad and warehouse commission of the state of Minnesota adopting rules for fixing percentage relations to govern in making joint freight rates, under Laws 1913, p. 486, c. 344, James Hall, a shipper, appealed to the district court for Lyon county. Thereafter the court allowed Atlas Elevator Company and G. W. Yan Dusen & Company to come into the case as interveners.
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From an order of the railroad and warehouse commission of the state of Minnesota adopting rules for fixing percentage relations to govern in making joint freight rates, under Laws 1913, p. 486, c. 344, James Hall, a shipper, appealed to the district court for Lyon county. Thereafter the court allowed Atlas Elevator Company and G. W. Yan Dusen & Company to come into the case as interveners. The appeal was heard before Olsen, J., who made findings and reversed the order of the commission insofar as it fixed a basis for joint rates between the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company and the…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
On July 27, 1914, the Minnesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission entered its order, fixing the basis of joint freight rates on railroads within the state. On appeal to the district court of Lyon county by a shipper judgment was entered on March 14, 1916, setting aside the order insofar as it fixed a joint rate for and between the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company and the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company. These two companies appeal from the judgment.
*415On December 10, 1913, the Eailroad and Warehouse Commission, pursuant to the distance tariff law (Laws 1913,…
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