Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. v. Illinois Terminal Co.

SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question whether a defendant may be estopped from pleading the statute of limitations in defense of an action arising under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act which specifically provides that all actions at law by carriers subject to the act for recovery of their charges shall be begrtn within three years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after.

Appellee filed suit to recover the balance alleged to be due for freight charges on a series of shipments of structural steel from North Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Alton, Illinois,…