Legal Opinion
Beaumont, Sour Lake & Western Ry. Co. v. Magnolia Provision Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1928No. 5191PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant railroad carriers published and filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a rate of 23 cents per hundredweight on tin cans from New Orleans to destination points that included Houston, Tex. While that remained a published rate, appellee shippers were required to pay 70 cents per hundredweight. The shipper in two of these cases brought suit to recover the excess above 23 cents, and in the other the carrier sued to recover a refund of the difference which it had paid to the shipper. The cases were consolidated for trial, as the question in each is the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Keogh v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. International Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MuggSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by17 opinions
- National Van Lines, Inc. v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Atlantic Bridge Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
- Fawley Motor Lines, Incorporated, and Cross-Appellee v. Cavalier Poultry Corporation, and Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
- Transmix Corp. v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1960
- United States v. Pan American Mail Line, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
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