Osborne v. Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Iowa
At Law. Action for damages for violation of the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce law.
1Opinion of the Court
Shiras, J.,
(charging jury orally.) The issues presented in the case on trial before you arise under the provisions of the act of congress passed February 4, 1887, and commonly known as the “Interstate Commerce Law.” As you know, the congress of the United States, for the purpose of regulating the business carried on by the common carriers of persons and property by means of railways, or by a combination of railways and water travel, has passed this act, which regulates, in certain particulars, the carrying on of the passenger and freight business that exists between the different states and…
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