Mellon v. Stockton & Lampkin

This suit was instituted to recover an alleged balance of $218.74 claimed to be due from defendants for freight charges on certain intrastate shipments of coal. The shipments were made in the year 1918, while the railroads were being operated by the government. The name of the present plaintiff has been substituted for that of his predecessors in office who instituted and prosecuted the suit. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts and the result was a judgment for defendants. Plaintiff duly appealed to this court. The case was transferred to the Supreme Court on the supposed…