Savitz v. Ohio & Mississippi Railroad

Citations

• 150 Ill. 208
• 37 N.E. 235

Syllabus

<p>KahiKOAds — unjust discrimination — a question of fad. Where a railway company charges a plaintiff a greater rate for freight than it does another party for the same distance of transportation of similar freight, the question whether this is an unjust discrimination is one of fact. The fact whether the freight of the plaintiff is of the same class as that of the other person is material in determining whether the discrimination is unjust. The difference in the charge, at most, only makes out a prima facie case of unjust discrimination.</p>