Legal Opinion

Vandalia Railroad v. Schnull

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 21, 1919No. 23,204PublishedCited by 8 opinions

From Marion Superior Court; Linn D. Hay, Judge. Action by Gustav A. Schnull and others against the Vandalia Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHarvey, C. J.

— On December 14, 1906, the Railroad Commission of Indiana, after a hearing upon a petition of the present appellees, to which the present appellant was defendant, entered an order fixing rates for shipments of certain classes of freight over appellant’s division extending from Indianapolis west to the state line.

Appellant did not appeal from said order to our Appellate Court, as the statute creating the commission authorized, but declined to comply therewith, and continued to charge appellee and other shippers of said classes of freight over said division rates higher than those specified in…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  2. The Minnesota Rate CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  3. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Stone v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
  5. Dollar Savings Bank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1874

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Public Service Commissioner v. Marion Circuit CourtIndiana Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Indianapolis Water Co. v. Moynahan Properties Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Marion Trucking Co. v. McDaniel Freight Lines, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1952
  4. Public Service Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Vandalia Railroad v. SchnullIndiana Supreme Court · 1921

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