Southern Railway Co. v. Louisville Cooperage Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

The Louisville Cooperage Company instituted this action in the Jefferson circuit court, under section 829 Kentucky Statutes, against the Southern Railway Company in Kentucky and the Cumberland Transportation Company to recover upon two awards rendered by the Railroad Commission of Kentucky finding that excessive rates had been charged by them. The defendants pleaded that the railroad commission had no jurisdiction to render the awards sued on. The court sustained a demurrer to the answer and entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The…