State ex rel. Board of Transportation v. Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley Railroad

In September, 1887, the board of transportation required the respondent to reduce its freight rates within the state • 33'g-- per cent. The respondent neglected to comply with the order, whereupon the board filed a petition in this court setting forth the facts and praying for a writ of mandamus to compel the respondent to comply with the order. The respondent demurred to the petition, and after full argument the demurrer was overruled and leave given to answer. See 22 Neb., 313. The respondent now files an answer (omitting formal parts) as follows:

“Defendant admits that on the first day of…