Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Dey
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, an Order of Hon. S. H. Fair all, Judge of the Eighth Judicial District. Action in chancery in the district court of Johnson county to enjoin defendants from publishing and enforcing a schedule of rates, or tariff of charges, for the transportation of property by the railroads of the state. A temporary injunction was allowed by the How. S. H. Faieall, judge of the district court, and a motion to dissolve it was overruled.
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Appeal from, an Order of Hon. S. H. Fair all, Judge of the Eighth Judicial District. Action in chancery in the district court of Johnson county to enjoin defendants from publishing and enforcing a schedule of rates, or tariff of charges, for the transportation of property by the railroads of the state. A temporary injunction was allowed by the How. S. H. Faieall, judge of the district court, and a motion to dissolve it was overruled. The allowance of the injunction, and the order overruling the motion to dissolve it, were made by the judge at chambers. Defendants appeal from this action of…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
— I. The petition in this case alleges, among other matters, that the‘railroad commissioners of the state have adopted a “schedule of reasonable maximum rates of charges for transportation on freights 'and cars on and over the railroads of the state,” which, for the reason that the rates of charges thus fixed are unreasonable, and too low, and for other reasons, should not be enforced. The relief sought is that the defendants be enjoined from publishing the schedule preparatory to enforcing it; and from instituting proceedings and prosecutions for its enforcement. A temporary injunction was…
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