Jennings v. Big Sandy & Cumberland Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by Frank P, Jennings against the Big Sandy & Cumberland Railroad Company.. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
Section 2482, Code 1906, provides that “any railroad corporation, agent or person which shall fix, demand, take or *665receive from any person or persons any greater toll or compensation for the transportation, receipt, handling or delivery of goods or merchandise, or for weighing the same, in violation of the provisions of this act shall forfeit and pay for any such offense any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars and costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be taxed by any court where the same is heard by appeal or otherwise, to be recovered in an action of debt…
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JamesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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