Washed Sand & Gravel Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff filed its complaint with the Railroad and Warehouse Commission questioning the reasonableness of defendant’s rate on washed sand and gravel from complainant’s plant, located on Henry’s Spur, to points within the city limits of Minneapolis, and asked the commission to establish a reasonable rate.
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Plaintiff filed its complaint with the Railroad and Warehouse Commission questioning the reasonableness of defendant’s rate on washed sand and gravel from complainant’s plant, located on Henry’s Spur, to points within the city limits of Minneapolis, and asked the commission to establish a reasonable rate. The case was heard by the commission, which rendered its decision that plaintiff’s plant was within the switching limits of the station of Minneapolis, that the carrier had the right to establish á reasonable switching charge for the movement of carloads of freight to any point on the line…
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Respondent owns a gravel and sand pit located 700 feet outside the westerly limits of the city of Minneapolis. It is connected with appellant’s railway system by a spur track, called “Henry’s Spur.” For several years respondent has prepared and shipped from this pit washed sand and gravel in carload lots. More.than a thousand carloads were moved therefrom in 1913, and about one-third thereof went to points outside the city. The cars not shipped to points outside the city were placed upon side tracks of appellant or of other railroads within.the city, there unloaded and used in construction…
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