American Tie & Timber Co. v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Action by the American Tie & Timber Company, Eimited, against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff in error sued the Kansas City Southern Railway Company and the Texas & Pacific Railway Company in separate suits, and the two cases were consolidated by the court below and tried together.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Action by the American Tie & Timber Company, Eimited, against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff in error sued the Kansas City Southern Railway Company and the Texas & Pacific Railway Company in separate suits, and the two cases were consolidated by the court below and tried together. In the petition against the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, the plaintiff alleged: That on March 1(1 1904. said defendant filed with…
1Opinion of the CourtShelby, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It is unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce “to make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, in any respect whatsoever, orto subject any particular person, company, firm, corporation, or locality, or any particular description of traffic, to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage whatsoever.” Act Feb. 4, 1884', c. 104, § 3, 24 Stat. 380 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3155). The statute affords a…
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- Williams v. Stevens Point Lumber Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
- Ryan v. GuilfoilWashington Supreme Court · 1896
- Bondur v. Le BourneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1887
- Gross v. EidenWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
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- Powers v. CadyDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1925