Railroad Co. v. Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Iowa; the case being thus: A statute of Iowa “ in relation to the duties of railroad companies,” passed in 1862,* thus enacts: “In the month of September, annually, each railroad company shall fix its rates of fare for passengers, and freights for transportation of timber, wood, and coal, per ton, cord, or thousand feet, per mile, also, its fare and freight per mile, for transporting merchandise and articles of the first,…
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Error to the Circuit Court for the District of Iowa; the case being thus: A statute of Iowa “ in relation to the duties of railroad companies,” passed in 1862,* thus enacts: “In the month of September, annually, each railroad company shall fix its rates of fare for passengers, and freights for transportation of timber, wood, and coal, per ton, cord, or thousand feet, per mile, also, its fare and freight per mile, for transporting merchandise and articles of the first, second, third, and ifourth grades of freight. “ And: on the 1st day of October following, shall put up at all the stations and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Swayne
The case lies within a narrow compass, and presents but a single question for our consideration. That question is not difficult of solutiou. The second section, chapter 169, of the laws of the ninth General Assembly of Iowa is as follows:
“ In the month of September, annually, each railroad company shall fix its rates of fare for passengers and freight, for transportation of timber, wood, and coal per ton,' cord, or thousand feet, per mile; also, its fare and freight per mile for transporting merchandise and articles of the first, second, third, and fourth grades of freight; and on the first…
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