State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Upon a petition or complaint of Eugene P. Albea, the defendant was summoned to appear before the Board of Railroad Commissioners to answer for an alleged violation of the tariff rate prescribed by the Commission for the transmission of telegraphic messages.
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Upon a petition or complaint of Eugene P. Albea, the defendant was summoned to appear before the Board of Railroad Commissioners to answer for an alleged violation of the tariff rate prescribed by the Commission for the transmission of telegraphic messages. The substance of the complaint was that Mr. Albea had applied to the agent of the defendant at Elizabeth City about December 1, 1891, for the transmission of a message, consisting of not more than ten body words, from Elizabeth City to Winston, N. C., and tendered to the agent twenty-five cents for said service. The agent demanded…
1Opinion of the Court
Shepheed, C. J.:
The Board of Railroad Commissioners is “authorized and required to make or cause to be made just and reasonable rates of charges for the transmission of messages by any telegraph line or lines doing business in the State.” Laws 1891, ch. 320, § 26. It may cause notice to be served upon corporations or persons.charged with a violation of the rules prescribed by it in pursuance of the above *220authority, and upon a hearing, may ascertain and direct ampie and full recompense to be made by the company, corporation or person offending, which recompense may be enforced by civil action,…
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