Carter v. Southern Pacific Co.

GOULD, J., pro tem.

Availing himself of section 71a of the Public Utilities Act of the state of California (Stats. 1915, p. 115, as amended), plaintiff applied to and obtained from the railroad commission a reparation award ordering defendant to refund to plaintiff certain freight charges in the aggregate sum of $431.79, found by the commission to have been in excess of the reasonable rates for gravel hauled from Fillmore, Ventura County, to certain Santa Barbara County points. As to this award no application was made to the railroad commission for rehearing and no petition was made to the…