United States v. Vacuum Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. New York
On Demurrers to Indictments.
1Opinion of the Court
HAZED, District Judge.
The principal grounds of demurrer to each indictment may be summarized as follows: That the indictments do not specify the route from Olean to Norwood on which the established rate applied, nor the route over which the freight was transported; nor the payment by the defendants to the carriers of the alleged unlawful rate; nor that the shipments were made at a less rate than the tariff of rates published and filed; that the Elkins act is unconstitutional, and, generally, that the indictments do not charge an offense.
Assuming that there were two separate routes from Olean…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- ILLINOIS CENT. & C. RR v. Inter. Com. Comm.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Armour Packing Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
- United States v. Standard Oil Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1907
- Kinnavey v. Terminal R. Ass'n of St. LouisU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1897
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