Mandel v. Byram

This action is brought against the receivers of the Milwaukee road to recover damages for an assault and battery alleged to have been committed upon the plaintiff by one Anderson, a rate clerk in the freight office of said road, in the city of La Crosse, on the 24th day of July, 1925. The schedules or tariffs were furnished to Anderson, who in his employment was charged with the duty of applying the same to the freight shipments arriving at La Crosse. Whenever disputes arose between a consignee and the road concerning rates, the same were referred to Anderson for adjustment, and where an…