State v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Defendant corporation was indicted by the grand jury of Goodhue county of illegally charging and collecting from a person named more than two cents per mile for transporting him on its railroad from Frontenac to Ned Wing. Defendant moved the district court to quash the indictment and demurred to the indictment.
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Defendant corporation was indicted by the grand jury of Goodhue county of illegally charging and collecting from a person named more than two cents per mile for transporting him on its railroad from Frontenac to Ned Wing. Defendant moved the district court to quash the indictment and demurred to the indictment. The motion to quash the indictment and the demurrer were overruled by Johnson, J. Defendant was tried before the same judge who denied defendant’s motion to direct a verdict in its favor, and a jury which found defendant guilty as charged in the indictment. From an order denying its…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
Defendant, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, a corporation, was indicted by the grand jury of Goodhue county, *146and thereby charged with a violation of the provisions of chapter 97, p. 109, Laws 1907. Defendant interposed a motion to quash the indictment and also a general demurrer, both of which were overruled by the trial court. Thereupon defendant entered a plea of not guilty and the cause proceeded to trial, resulting in a verdict of guilty. Defendant .appealed from an order denying a new trial.
The facts are as follows: By section 1 of chapter 97, p. 109, Laws 1907, the…
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