Mountain Lumber Co. v. Davis

MACK, Circuit Judge.

By bill in equity several separate consignees, who are likewise shippers, seek an accounting from the Director General of Railroads in respect to alleged overpayment of freight charges on numerous separate shipments of over 2,700 ears of wood pulp, made during the period of federal control, and from the Delaware & Hudson Company on numerous other similar separate shipments made after the cessation of such control.

Federal jurisdiction is expressly based upon the ground that the action arises under the Interstate Commerce Act (Comp. St. § 8563 et seq.) and.also upon…