Legal Opinion
Bernstein Bros. Pipe & MacHinery Co. v. Denver & R.G.W.R. Co
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided December 18, 1951No. 4340_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
The Denver and Rio- Grande Western Railroad Company 1 brought this action against Bernstein Bros. Pipe & Machinery Company 2 to recover $259.21 additional transportation charges and Federal transportation tax on two carloads of devices shipped from Middletown, Pennsylvania, to Pueblo, Colorado.
The complaint alleged that the applicable tariff provided for charges in the amount of $1,493.71, plus $44.81 tax, a total of $1,538.52, and that at the time of delivery the Railroad Company collected only $1,-279.31. The complaint alleged that the action “arises under the laws of…
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