Schaff v. J. C. Famechon Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. Error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, which denied the right of a carrier to recover charges for refrigerator cars employed in interstate shipments. ■ The court below held Circular No. 12, Western Trunk Lines, which was on file at the originating stations, not applicable to shipments destined by Southwestern Lines to Oklahoma and Texas, unless made applicable by Southwestern Lines Tariff, and that…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA. Error to review a judgment of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, which denied the right of a carrier to recover charges for refrigerator cars employed in interstate shipments. ■ The court below held Circular No. 12, Western Trunk Lines, which was on file at the originating stations, not applicable to shipments destined by Southwestern Lines to Oklahoma and Texas, unless made applicable by Southwestern Lines Tariff, and that this tariff, while adopting Circular No. 12 by reference, was' not valid as to the shipments in question because not…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
Plaintiff in error, as receiver of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, brought suit against J. C. Famechon Company, in the Municipal Court of the City of Minneapolis, to recover for charges for rental of re frigerator cars used in shipping potatoes in 1914 and 1915 from' various points in Minnesota over connecting lines to points in Oklahoma and Texas. The initial carriers were the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways, and the terminal carrier the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, for which plaintiff in error was receiver. The terminal carrier received the potatoes,…
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- Jett Bros. Distilling Co. v. City of CarrolltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Schaff v. J. C. Famechon Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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