
      In case any common carrier shall do, or cause or permit to be
    done, any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or
    declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or
    thing in this chapter required to be done, such common carrier
    shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the
    full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such
    violation of the provisions of this chapter, together with a
    reasonable counsel or attorney's fee, to be fixed by the court in
    every case of recovery, which attorney's fee shall be taxed and
    collected as part of the costs in the case.

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