327D.16 - VIOLATIONS -- TREBLE DAMAGES.

        327D.16  VIOLATIONS -- TREBLE DAMAGES.         In case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this      chapter shall do, cause, or permit to be done anything herein      prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall willfully fail to do      anything in this chapter required to be done, it shall be liable to      the person injured thereby for three times the amount of damages      sustained in consequence, together with costs of suit, and a      reasonable attorney's fee to be fixed by the court, on appeal or      otherwise, which shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in      the case; but in all cases demand in writing shall be made of the      carrier for the money damages sustained before action is brought for      a recovery under this section, and no action shall be brought until      the expiration of fifteen days after such demand.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 2130; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 8052; C46, 50, 54, 58,      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, § 479.17; C77, 79, 81, § 327D.16]         Referred to in § 327D.40