Detroit & MacKinac Railway Co. v. Fletcher Paper Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. The cases are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These five suits were actions of assumpsit brought to recover the difference • between the rates fixed by the Michigan Railroad Commission on logs carried wholly within the State, from points on the defendant’s • (the plaintiff in error’s) road to Alpena, and the higher rates that the defendant' actually charged.. The plaintiffs got judgments which were affirmed by the Supreme Court of Michigan, (198 Michigan, 469), and the cases are brought here upon lengthy assignments of error. The plaintiff’s now move to dismiss or affirm. We are of opinion that the judgments should be affirmed.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- DET. & MACKINAC RY. CO. v. Mich. RR Comm.Supreme Court of the United States · 1914
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