Comstock Farmers Elevator Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $982.85 excess freight paid upon 112 carloads of grain shipped from Comstock to Minneapolis. The case was tried before Kelly, J., who made findings and ordered judgment in favor of plaintiff for $1,056.98. Defendant’s motion to amend the findings was denied. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was denied. From the judgment entered pursuant to the order for judgment, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Peb Cubiam.
The action is to recover for excess freight paid upon 112 carloads of grain shipped by plaintiff from Comstock, Minnesota, to Minneapolis, pending the Federal injunction forbidding putting into effect the maximum freight rate statute. Defendant has, out of Moorhead, two main lines of railway to Minneapolis. One wholly within the state, via Barnesville; and another, via Breckenridge, which for some seven miles, immediately before reaching Breckenridge runs through North Dakota. Comstock is located upon the last mentioned line 15 miles south of Moorhead. No shipping directions were…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Solum v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1916