Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. Rockwell Lime Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Leo J. Doyle, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matohett
The plaintiff in this case sued in the Municipal Court of Chicago for a balance alleged to be due it for freight demurrage, switching charges and custom fees on a shipment of wooden laths from Enderby, British Columbia to South Chicago. The facts are stipulated. It is agreed that the plaintiff and transportation companies named are common carriers engaged in interstate commerce, and are subject to the provisions of the act to regulate commerce and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto; that the plaintiff is subject to the rules of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Public…
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