McCallum v. Minneapolis & Rainy River Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Itasca county to recover $1,543, the total amount of trackage charges paid to defendant on 1543 cars of freight.
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Action in the district court for Itasca county to recover $1,543, the total amount of trackage charges paid to defendant on 1543 cars of freight. The answer.among other matters alleged that the larger part of plaintiffs’ shipments were destined to points outside of the state of Minnesota; that the greater part of the balance of such shipments and those destined to points within the state of Minnesota, in reaching such points, passed through the adjoining state of Wisconsin ; that as to all these shipments the same constituted interstate commerce over which the courts of Minnesota had no…
1Opinion of the Court
Dibell, C.
This action was brought by the plaintiffs to recover a so-called trackage charge of one dollar a ear upon shipments of forest products over defendant’s railroad. The payments were involuntary. There was a verdict for the plaintiffs. On the alternative motion of the defendant for judgment or for a new trial judgment was ordered notwithstanding the verdict. Upon this order judgment was entered. The plaintiffs appeal from the judgment.
The defendant is a railroad corporation organized under the laws of this state. It was incorporated in 1904. Its line extends from Deer River in Itasca…
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- Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Sabine Tram Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. StickneySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- Inter. Com. Commis'n v. CHICAGO & C. R'D CO.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
- Seaman v. Minneapolis & Rainy River Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
- Walker v. KeenanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
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