Railroad & Warehouse Commission ex rel. East Side Packing Co. v. Vandalia Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Robert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cartwright
One of the numerous railroad companies owning and operating lines of railroad in the city of East St. Eouis is the appellant, the Vandalia Railroad Company. The railroad companies have established a regular switching charge of three dollars per car for doing switching service in .the city and delivering cars to industries on their own or other lines or to or from connecting lines. The appellant has demanded and collected, in addition to the regular, switching charge so established, a charge of two dollars as rental of each car switched by it for the East Side Packing Company, which conducts a…
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