Woodhouse v. Rio Grande Railway Co.

Stayton, Associate Justice.

This action was brought by appellant to recover the penalty imposed by the Act of April 10, 1883, on any railroad company, for unjust discrimination in freight charges, and to recover the sum alleged to have been demanded and paid in excess of that demanded of and paid by other persons.

The statute provides that “if any railroad company shall charge one person more for transporting freight of the same class, in equal or less quantities, over its road, for the same or a less distance, than it charges another for the same or a greater distance, all such discriminating…