Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-23
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The Complaint and Answer in d
Case which will Attract
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sSser IN sthr suit for danlag of 81 ~
Rhodes VS.. the Northern t aeiffic fail
road com loany, for r3.t being ZIP piled
It'll cars as demanded for. tibet rans.
portation Of wheat. Itis thss..iiaseniior
:ofsbosh sides, we think 70 carry this
case to the shpre nles court ;of Gle, State.
and pet u decision On the questions.in-
vo1ved, therefore We believe tile matter
published below will prove in eresting
/ to our readers. Thetcast VIII he. tried
Injustice court on Dee. The com
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State of Minnesota, l. II Justice Court,
M rrison County. 5. r; Fuller p.
John H.. Rhodes ~ p
The Northern Pacific r. Il: Cob II
The plaintiff complains Of the de-
fed Mt an / alleges: - = y.5~:s.> 49,.
|. That the defendant now is. and
form ire than one year last past his
beenacorportion duly org nizeta and
created under the laws Of the govern~.
,.nent of the y ,ited -. tess :4n~.,5 - j.:
=; II. That as s'ch ~c,rpo~ at;on the,
said defen'aeht how Island during. alt
the time %herei natter mentioned h4E
been p%rating line Of failr ,sd ex-
t-ndiny from the villaSe OF Little Falls
in tie county Of MORRISON and State of
Minneso 4 to the city of minneapolis
and other points il 81 id >;tute, for the
transportation, amol rot Ter things, of
all usual kinds Of freight, for hire.
between said places and other points
on said line of railroad.
III. That OH the 30h day Of Octo-
.her, 1893, he, this plaintiff, had in
store, in warehou sc located adjacent
to the said line Of road, in tn. said viii
Etge of Little Falls. a large q santity of
wheat, and enough to load or fiji ready
for tr ,nsp 'rtation, three cars accord
ing to the regulations prescribed by
said railroad company, this defend
ant, which, he this plaintiff desired to
ship over said line of railroad to the
said, city Of Minneapolis in "a d State !;
that uprnthe said 3oth day Of October
and at divers and different times be-
t veon said date and the time Of the
commencement Of tn s a>.tipn, he, the
plaintiff, duly demanded and re- ,uest-
ed Of said defer dant, that the SAID de-
PENDANT furnish him, this plaintiff, the
the three cars in which to load said
wheat for transported on to said CITY of
Minneapolis as AZORES id; tn vt said de-
fendant although abnndandantl, 80 to
ito, then did, ever since has and now
does rreglect and refus4 to furnish
this plaintiff the 3 Vii clrs 80 demand
ct rs aforesaid Or any Car or cars for
the transportation Of said wheat or
any part thereof. And plaintiff fur
yer alleges that the s,id defendant
was, at the time aforesaid, the Goth
lay of DC ober, 1883, for a long time
prior thereto, had been, and eyer
>iuee has been, furnishing cars for the
trans portHtion of wheat flom said viii
age Of Little Falls to different points
on said road, to one l. J. SAWYER, on
the dealail q id request Of sud Saw
er. and thereby uni ustly discriminate
ed between him this plaintiff and said
sawyer. ~
And by re sson of the matters and
things aforesaid he this plaintiff was
.,ou're1l-d to retain said Hhs It in his
ossesslon All was further compelled
abandon the purchase of wheat at
sid Ii tie Falls since said dale all Of
which is to his damage in the full sum
o. thirty dollars, wherefore plaintiff
demands Judgment for treble the
amount of said dam ,ges aforesaid sus:
aimed by him to wit: the sum Of
ninety dollars, and the costs and dis
bursements Of this action. -.
A. F. STOREY,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
State of Minnesota,
Morrison County. IS ;'
a. F. Storey being sworn says that
he is the att ,rney Of the plaintiff in
the above entitled action;. that the
"resol z complaint is true as he YER
'Iy believes and that the reason why
this verification il not made by said
plaintiff in person is because he is not
present in court to make the same.
=. - A. F. STOREY,
Subscribed and sworn to before me
til 2lst day ofNov. 1888.
SIP. FuLnEK,.,
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