Little Rock & Ft. Smith Railway Co. v. Oppenheimer
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. Jeremiah G. Wallace, Judge. Mere delay is not discrimination; all discrimination is not forbidden, only such as is unjust or undue. The act should be construed strictly. L. R. 22 Q. B. 642 (C.S..40 A.& E.R. Cas. 64); 9 A. & E. R. Cas. 126; id. 207; 4 S. W. 875; 2 Ker. 245; 14 Wend. 215; 40 Mo. 491; 46 Mass. 458; 32 Vt. 559; 6 Duer, 376; 5 Hun, 562; 1 L. R C. P. 385; 12 Conn. 410; Hutcb.
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Appeal from Conway Circuit Court. Jeremiah G. Wallace, Judge. Mere delay is not discrimination; all discrimination is not forbidden, only such as is unjust or undue. The act should be construed strictly. L. R. 22 Q. B. 642 (C.S..40 A.& E.R. Cas. 64); 9 A. & E. R. Cas. 126; id. 207; 4 S. W. 875; 2 Ker. 245; 14 Wend. 215; 40 Mo. 491; 46 Mass. 458; 32 Vt. 559; 6 Duer, 376; 5 Hun, 562; 1 L. R C. P. 385; 12 Conn. 410; Hutcb. Carriers (2 Ed.) §§ 114-115; 20 Wis. 894; 2 Shower, 127; 5 Bing. 217; 51 Mo. 311; 10 Biss. 170; 12 N. Y. 245; 20 Wis. 594; 102 N. Y. 590; 22 A. & E. R. Cas. 421; 16 .Fla. 623…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
This action was instituted under an act entitled “An act to prevent unjust discrimination, * * * and to prevent discrimination between transportation companies and individuals in furnishing cars or motive power,” and approved March 24, 1887, for the purpose of collecting a penalty. The plaintiffs recovered a verdict, and a judgment thereon, against the defendants, for the sum of fifteen hundred dollars.
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