Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co. v. Washburn Lignite Coal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was an action by a railroad company against a shipper, for whom it had carried many carloads of coal between points in the State of North Dakota, to recover for that service a compensation in addition to what was demanded and paid when the service was rendered. Judgment went against the carrier in the court of first instance, and again in the Supreme Court of the State, 40 N. Dak. 69; and this writ of error was sued out on the theory that the judgment upheld and gave effect to a local rate statute which the carrier was contending was repugnant to the due process of law clause of the…
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