Carton & Co. v. Illinois Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin Circuit, Court. This is an action to recover certain alleged excessive freight charges paid by the plaintiff to the defendent for transporting grain from Ackley in this State to Chicago, Illinois.- The canse was tried in the court below without a jury, and upon an agreement as to facts, and; judgment was rendered for the defendant for costs. Plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrook, J.
I. It appears from an agreed statement of facts that between the 11th day of April, A. D. 1875, and the 14th day of April, 1876, the plaintiffs delivered to the defendant at Ackley, Iowa, to be shipped to Chicago, Illinois, through'defendant; 129 car loads of wheat, andi;the defendant fixed the'price and charged for freight thereon from Ackley to Chicago thirty-seven cents per 100 pounds, or $74 per carload of 20,000 pounds; and between April 14th, 1876, and March 11th, 1878, one hundred and twenty cars more, for which the defendant received and charged .for shipment the same rate. The grain…
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