Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. v. William S. Stein Co.
District Court, D. Nebraska
At Law. Action by the Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company against the William S. Stein Company, a corporation, which counterclaimed. On motion to strike out the counterclaim.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS C. MUNGER, District Judge.
This action was brought to recover for charges for freight transported in interstate commerce. The answer sets up a claim for damages accruing to defendant by reason of the negligence of the carrier in transporting articles in interstate commerce. A motion has been presented by the railway company to strike out that part of defendant’s answer, because it constitutes no defense in the plaintiff’s cause of action.
Under the acts of Congress relating to the transportation of interstate commerce, as construed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Louisville…
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