Western Oil & Fuel Co. v. Great Lakes Pipe Line Co.

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This action is brought by a common carrier pipe line company to recover de-murrage charges from a shipper of gasoline and fuel oil distillate under a tariff duly filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The carrier operates an extensive pipe line system through which it pumps petroleum products delivered to it at various points of origin. At each point of origin it maintains extensive storage facilities. Deliveries are made to the carrier by delivery of the oil into large storage tanks. From these tanks it passes into the pipe line, through which it is propelled,…