Belcher v. Tacoma Eastern Railroad
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for .Pierce county, Chapman, J., entered Februai-y 13, 1917, dismissing an action to recover overcharges on discriminatory switching charges, upon sustaining a demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
Appellant brought this action against respondent for the recovery of excess payments amounting to $7,874.04, arising out of the claim that respondent had charged appellant’s assignor, the Tidewater Lumber Company, a higher rate, based upon a higher minimum load per car, for transporting its logs a lesser distance on the same line and in the same direction than it had charged the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, a competitor of the Tidewater Lumber Company, for performing a like and contemporaneous service. The essential allegations of the complaint are that, during the time in question, the…
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