Wentz-Bates Mercantile Co. v. Union Pacific Railroad

The only real complaint which plaintiff makes in its petition is that it shipped in October, 1906, a car-load of *585potatoes from Humphrey, Nebraska, to Kingfisher, Oklahoma, under a quotation from defendant of a rate of 42| cents a hundred pounds; that, upon the arrival of the car a.t Kingfisher, defendant, before it would deliver the potatoes to plaintiff’s consignee, demanded and collected freight at the rate of 60 cents a hundred, and plaintiff thereby was damaged in the sum of $54.25. The petition admits that defendant sent plaintiff its check for $32.55, in full for plaintiff’s damage, but…