Southern Ry. Co. v. Calhoun Twine Mill

The, opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Bonham.

This action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas for Calhoun County for the purpose of collecting an undercharge of freight on three shipments made in interstate commerce of partly burned and wet cotton, the shipments being from Haynesville, La., to St. Matthews, S. C. The cause of litigation arose in this wise: A. S. Smoak, of St. Matthews, inquired of the agents of the plaintiff, Southern Railway' Company, at St. Matthews, S. C., the rate upon partly burned and wet cotton from Haynesville, La., to St. Matthews, S. C., and was…