United States v. Erie R.
District Court, D. New Jersey
The Erie Railroad Company and another were jointly indicted for granting an unlawful concession in rates to a shipper, and the Railroad Company alone was convicted. On motions in arrest of judgment and for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
HAIGHT, District Judge.
The Erie Railroad Company and William S. Cowie, an agent of the company, were jointly Indicted for a violation of section 1 of the, act of February 19, 1903 (32 Stat. 847), commonly known as the “Elkins Act,” as the same was amended by Act June 29, 1906 (34 Stat. S87), commonly known as the “Hepburn Act.” The specific charge was that they had applied to an interstate shipment an “import rate,” when a “domestic rate” was the lawful one, and had thereby granted a concession — the import rate being the lower. The “import rate,” according to the filed and published tariffs…
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