State v. Northern Pacific Ry. Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J. M. Clements, Judge. Action by tbe state of Montana against the Northern Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying it a new trial, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
-The defendant is a corporation, organized under the laws of the state of Wisconsin, and is engaged in operating a line of railroad from a point on the shore of Lake Superior, through Montana and other states, to a point on the shore of Puget Sound. In the conduct of its business as a common carrier it transports passengers and freight from points without to points within the state of Montana, from point to point within the state, and from points within to points without the state. On January 9, 1908, the attorney general filed an information in the district court of Lewis and Clark county,…
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