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NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILROAD v. PENDLETON

Nos. 153, 359.

156 U.S. 667 (1895)

15 S.Ct. 413

39 L.Ed. 574

NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, v. PENDLETON. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, v. PENDLETON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William J. Robertson, Mr. W.H. Bolling, and Mr. Joseph I. Doran for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John J.A. Powell for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE SHIRAS delivered the opinion of the court.

Edmund Pendleton brought two suits in the Circuit Court of Wythe County, Virginia, against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company to recover statutory penalties for charging him more than the rates prescribed by law.

On behalf of the defendant it was not denied that the sums charged were in excess of the rates fixed by the general law of Virginia, dated January 14, 1853, c. 57, Acts of 1852-3, p. 62...

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