State ex rel. Washington Mill Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J\, entered December 2, 1905, in favor of defendant, denying an application for a writ of mandamus to compel a carrier to furnish a car for thei transportation of lumber.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, C. J.
This ease depends upon the validity of § 2 of the act of 1905, requiring .railroad companies and other *659common carriers to include in the weight of cars used for the shipment of lumber the weight of standards^ etc. The act is found in the Laws of 1905, at page 238. Section 2 of this act arbitrarily fixes the weight of such standards,, etc., at one thousand pounds, and provides that one thousand pounds shall be deducted from the net weight of the lumber carried on the car, and that freight shall be charged on the balance only. The question was raised below by the application of the appellant…
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- Dow v. BeidelmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Beard & Sons v. Illinois Central Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1890
- Emerson v. St. Louis & Hannibal Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1892
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