RAILWAY  COMPANIES,  V.  371


Court  refused  injunction,  no  public  inconvenience  being  shown,  to  prevent
company  granting  a  cab  exclusive  liberty  to  ply  for  hire  within  their  station.  In
re  Beadell,  lxxxix.  509 ;  2  C.  B.  N.  S.  509.
Affidavits  of  fly-owners,  that  other  flys  admitted  in  station,  and  they  excluded,
to  the  public  inconvenience,  insufficient  to  obtain  injunction.  Ex  parte  Painter,
lxxxix.  702;  2  C.  B.  N.  S.  702.
A  company,  having  a  special  arrangement  with  another  company,  by  which
they  charged  a  certain  rate  for  goods  consigned  to  their  agents,  was  enjoined
from  charging  a  higher  rate  for  goods  not  so  consigned,  under  17  &  18  Vict.  c.
31.     Baxendale  v.  North  Devon  Railway  Co.,  xci.  324 ;  3  C.  B.  N.  S.  324.
Under  Railway  Traffic  Act,  17  &  18  Vict.  c.  31,  a  preference  is  not  justified
because  the  person  benefited  has,  in  consideration  of  it,  laid  connecting  ways,
or  has  threatened  to  make  a  competing  railway.  In  re  Harris,  xci.  693 ;  3  C.  B.
N.  S.  693.
Injunction,  under  Railway  Traffic  Act,  not  granted  on  the  ground  that  there
was  a  difference  in  the  rate  of  season  tickets  between  different  points.  In  re
Jones,  xci.  718 ;  3  C.  B.  N.  S.  718.
May  charge  a  higher  rate  for  parcels  addressed  separately  to  different  persons,
than  if  all  were  addressed  to  one  consignee.  Baxendale  v.  E.  C.  Railway  Co.,
xciii.  63  ;  -4  C.  B.  N.  S.  63.
At  common  law  the  rates  of  a  carrier  must  be  reasonable,  but  need  not  be
equal.    Ibid.
Railway  Traffic  Act,  17  &  18  Vict.  c.  31,  does  not  prevent  the  recovery
back  of  overcharges.     Ibid.
