Show COURT GRANTS INJUNCTION Commodity Rate Bate Established by Minnesota Railway Commis Counnis Commission Commission sion Is Held Up Tip St Paul May The eight friendly suits were filed flied in the United States district court today toda against the tho Great Northern Northern Pacific St StPaul StPaul StPaul Paul Northwestern Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha Minneapolis St ouis Soo and Chicago Great West Vest Western era ern railways asking that they be en enjoined joined from putting Into effect the com commodity commodity rate recently ordered reduced by bythe bythe bythe the state railroad and warehouse com cOrn commission cOmmission mission The Tho state of Minnesota is made madea a party in the suits The suits salts are brought by the stock stockholders stockholders stockholders holders of ot the various roads and briefly they allege that the recent laws enacting passenger fares and the reduced freight rate which was to have gone into info effect tomorrow are contrary to a provi provision provision provision sion of the United States constitution The Tho complainants ask for an order re restoring restoring restoring storing the old rate Judge Lochren granted a temporary in injunction Injunction inJunction junction restraining the putting of the rates into effect The complaint against the Northern Pa Pacific Pacific Pacific which in all essential details Is idea iden identical with that against the other roads was signed by Charles F Perkins and Da David DarId rId vid C Shepherd of Iowa two stockholders ers |