Wilder v. St. Johnsbury & Lake Champlain Railroad
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for the recovery of certain illegal freight charges. Pleas, the general issue, statute of limitations, and settlement. Trial by court at the May term, 1890, Caledonia county, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. ■ The plaintiff brought suit as the surviving partner of the firm of William Wilder & Son.
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Assumpsit for the recovery of certain illegal freight charges. Pleas, the general issue, statute of limitations, and settlement. Trial by court at the May term, 1890, Caledonia county, Tyler, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. ■ The plaintiff brought suit as the surviving partner of the firm of William Wilder & Son. The illegal charges sued for covered the period from May 1, 1883, to May x, 1884. During this period the firm were engaged in the coal business at St. Johnsbury, Vt., and shipped large quantities of coal over the defendant’s railroad from Maquam to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
MUNSON, J.
It is provided by No. 36, Acts of 1882, that every corporation operating a railroad shall give to all persons reasonable and equal terms, benefits, facilities and accommodations for the transportation of freight; and that a corporation violating the above provision shall be liable.to the aggrieved pai'ty, in any proper form of action, for all damages sustained by reason of such violation. The plaintiff brings this action of general assumpsit to recover freight charges paid the defendant for the transportation of coal, in excess of the rates…
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