Campbell v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal 'from Lyon District Court. — Hon. G-eorge W. Wakefield, Judge. Action in equity to compel the defendant to conform its charges to the schedule of maximum rates made by the board of railroad commissioners, and applicable .to its road, and to compel it to refund certain charges. The cause was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, and a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. The plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, C. J.
At different times during the months of October, November, and December, 1889, and January, 1890, one D. J. Carpenter shipped from Beloit, Iowa, to Sioux City, Iowa, fifteen car loads of live stock over the railway of the defendant. He was charged by the defendant, for the transportation of the freight so shipped, the sum of two hundred and eighty-nine dollars and thirty-eight cents, or fifty-six dollars and seventy-six cents more than the schedule rate as fixed by the board of railroad commissioners. Carpenter made complaint of the overcharge to the board, and also complained that the…
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