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Thomas v. Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 12, 1929No. 28,421PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Wyandotte county awarding damages and attorney’s fee to plaintiff because of an alleged overcharge of freight rates for transporting a carload of com from Bartley, a shipping point on the Burlington railway in southwestern Nebraska, to Gower, a local point on the Santa Fe railway about ten miles southeast of St. Joseph, Mo.

The corn was originally billed for shipment from Bartley to St. Joseph, but was reconsigned to Gower. Plaintiff prepaid the freight charges from Bartley to St.…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Robb v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  3. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  5. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Clark Bros. Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Cusintz v. CusintzSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
  2. Union Transfer Co. v. RenstromNebraska Supreme Court · 1949
  3. Hinds v. FineSupreme Court of Kansas · 1947
  4. Barnes v. Louisville N. R. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
  5. Kellogg Huff Grain Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1929

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