Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Co. v. United States

On July 5,1942, the defendant shipped several carloads of freight and passenger motor vehicles.over the lines of plaintiff and connecting carriers under Government bills of lading from Leesville, Louisiana, to Ansonville, North Carolina. The railroad cars involved in this dispute exceeded 50 feet 8 inches in length. The actual weight of the vehicles shipped per car ranged from 12,240 pounds to 17,380 pounds, and the shipments could have been loaded in cars of lesser length.

The real issue in the case is what minimum carload rates shall be paid on the cars that were actually used but which were…