Southern Pacific Co. v. United States Steel Corp.

This is an appeal from a judgment for plaintiff rendered in an action to collect freight undercharges.

In a complaint filed February 27, 1961, plaintiff, a common carrier of freight and passengers for hire, with its tariffs duly posted, brought the action against defendant for freight charges allegedly due on account of the hauling by plaintiff of certain carloads of “machinery parts, iron and steel” for defendant. Defendant answered the complaint by alleging in effect that plaintiff had hauled 343 carload shipments of “fabricated structural steel forms” on behalf of defendant and that the…