Show J JEREMY Mf RATE AT SUIT IT GOES TU J f T Three Weeks Weeks' Trial Is Completed Com Completed Corn Com in Action for Refunding Refunding Refunding Re Re- funding of Excessive Rates on Utah Wool WoolI I A SUIT brought by the Jeremy Fuel and Grain company against the Denver Rio Grande railroad for alleged to have been paid to the company in excessive freight rates went to the Jury in Judge J John hn F. F Tobin's court toda today Trial of the case has taken three weeks The suit wa was brought March 31 1919 as a protest against alleged excessive rates on shipments of coal from points points' in Utah before March 7 1917 when regulations of the public utilities commission commission com- com mission became effective PROTEST RATE The Jeremy company and others are protesting the rate since the public utilities regulations became effective before the public utilities commission at the present r sent time The rate which has has' been beer charged since November 20 1914 is on a ton of lump nut r run n of mine and slack coal to Salt Lake from Clear Creek greek Hall Hail Castle Gate Storrs rs Standardville Helper Price Panther Cameron East Hiawatha Morland and Blackhawk From Prom Sunnyside and Thompsons Thompson's the rate has been 10 cents more on a ton top of ot coal In the original complaint filed flIed in thease the case ase by Attorney Baldwin Robertson who represented the Jere Jeremy y company refund of ot the difference between the he rate rat charged and the rate contended to be reasonable under u an another anther an- an other ther tariff was was requested The al alleged alleged al- al eged excessive rate went into effect November 20 1914 COMPANY'S COMPLAINT The complaint was later amended to include only back as as far as M March 31 1915 owing g to th the legal requirement that hat cases must be brought within four years years of the time when damage is done Sixty thousand dollars refund was claimed by the Jer Jeremy my c company on behalf behalf be be- half talf of itself and fourteen other fuel companies the claims of which were assigned to the Jeremy company be before before be- be fore ore the action w was s begun The contention of Attorney Robertson Roberton Robert Robert- son on for the Jeremy company company that anything in s' s of a ton tonof of coal coat was was' vas excessive was supported by schedules of rates fr from n all sections of the he United States Introduction of these hese schedules into int the court record and ind arguments of or counsel for the railroad railroad rail rail- road oad W. W D. D Riter and J. J G G. G McMurray took the time of the court for three w weeks reeks eks The final arguments were made ind the instructions instructions' read to the jury today oday It If was contended by counsel for the Denver enver Rio Grande that the rate was s reasonable owing to the unusual difficulties and expenses of operating he the various lines over which the coal was ivas hauled Since the Denver Rio Grande railroad has been sold it will be necessary to satisfy the judgment if it ift It t is obtained against the receiver according to Attorney Robertson athe at athe atthe he the conclusion of the case today |