Scull v. . R. R.

There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiff for overcharge and a penalty, and defendant excepted and appealed. Our statute law, Revisal, sec. 2642, enacts that no railroad or other transportation company, etc., shall charge more for the transportation of property than the rate appearing in the "printed tariff of such company in force at the time such service is rendered, or more than is allowed by law."

Section 2643 provides the method by which a claim for an overcharge shall be prepared, and establishes a maximum period of sixty days within which the same shall be refunded; and section…