St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Wolf
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Baxter Circuit Court; John W. Meek, Judge; A railway compány is not bound by a misquotation of interstate rates occurring through mistake of its agent.
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Appeal from Baxter Circuit Court; John W. Meek, Judge; A railway compány is not bound by a misquotation of interstate rates occurring through mistake of its agent. The general rule, based on grounds of public policy and to prevent the possibility of collusive misquotations and mistakes in rate quotations from resulting in evasions of the tariffs filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission, is that a misquotation of rates by an agent of the company does not entitle the shipper to the erroneous rate, but he must pay the rate called for by the tariff regularly on file. Barnes, Interstate…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
This is a suit by appellee against appellant, instituted in a justice of the peace court to recover $42, alleged to be due appellee from appellant on account of wood shipped over appellant’s railway and by it converted to its own use. The complaint alleged, among other things, that appellee delivered to appellant for shipment from Crickett, Ark., to Aurora, Mo., 12 cords of wood in car P. M. 51,099 at an agreed price of four and one-half cents per hundredweight; that the wood weighed forty thousand, and was billed out at that weight, making the agreed freight $18; that the value of the wood…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MuggSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fé Railway Co. v. HefleySupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Southern Railway Co. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Myar v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1903
- Spratlin v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
3Cited by6 opinions
- Southern Pacific Co. v. Frye & Bruhn, Inc.Washington Supreme Court · 1914
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. WhedbeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. FaulknerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914
- Gordon v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1928
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
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