The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a Corporation v. Kansas City Power & Light Company, a Corporation

This action was brought by the Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) against Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCPL), for demurrage on trainloads of freight cars which KCSR accepted from St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) as a switching carrier, and delivered to KCPL for unloading.

The specific question to be determined is whether under the applicable tariff, demur-rage was payable on the basis of the time each car was retained by KCPL or whether demurrage was payable on the entire trainload of cars until the last car of the trainload was unloaded and returned to KCSR.

For…