Big Diamond Mills Co. v. Chicago Great Western Railroad

Olsen, C.

Appeal by defendant from a judgment in district court.

Plaintiff sues to recover freight overcharges on shipments of wheat milled in transit. Carloads of wheat originating in the country beyond Minneapolis were accepted for shipment by defendant from Minneapolis to East Joliet, Illinois, with milling in transit' privilege at points on defendant’s railway in Minnesota. The ultimate destinations of the product were points east of the Indiana-Illinois line. The wheat was milled at Morristown, Minnesota, and the flour product shipped from there to East Joliet. The shipments were…