State ex rel. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Non. Harris A. Robinson, Judge. (1) Custom and usage or usual course of business between skippers and railroads in handling any commodity is everywhere recognized as all important in determining the rights of shippers and the rights and liabilities of railroads.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court. — Non. Harris A. Robinson, Judge. (1) Custom and usage or usual course of business between skippers and railroads in handling any commodity is everywhere recognized as all important in determining the rights of shippers and the rights and liabilities of railroads. Examine almost any authority on railroads, and upon almost every page the statement will be found that usage and course of business is a prime essential in arriving at the rights and liabilities of the railroads. 6 Cye. 418, 428, 457; 465; The Richmond, 1 Biss. (U. S.) 49; Staroske v. Pub. Co., 235…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Jackson County under the provisions of section 114, Laws 1913, page 644.
The Board of Trade of Kansas City, Missouri, filed a complaint before the Public Service Commission, alleging that the railroad companies named above as appellants were charging interstate instead of intrastate rates *70for shipments of grain from points on their respective lines within this State to Kansas City, Missouri, in violation of the State maximum freight rates. [Secs. 3240, 3241, R. S. 1909.]
Upon a hearing a finding was made by the commission sustaining the…
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