Louisville & N. R. v. Railroad Commission
District Court, N.D. Alabama
In Equity. Suits by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the South '& North Alabama Railroad Company, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company, respectively, against the Railroad Commission of Alabama and! others. On final hearing on exceptions to report to special master. Decree for complainants.
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In Equity. Suits by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the South '& North Alabama Railroad Company, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company, respectively, against the Railroad Commission of Alabama and! others. On final hearing on exceptions to report to special master. Decree for complainants. On the 25th of March, 1907, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company, the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the Kansas City, Birmingham & Memphis Railroad Company, the Southern Railway Company, and the Central…
1Opinion of the Court
JONES,' District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). As appears from the statement of facts and the master’s reports in these *813cases, they involve the same principles of law and in general the same state of facts, varying somewhat in details in the different cases. They may, therefore, be disposed of in one opinion. After painstaking consideration of the record in each of them and the arguments of counsel, I have reached the conclusion that the rates complained of must he annulled, first, on the ground that in the classification of the railroads in Alabama for rate-making purposes and in…
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