Pennsylvania R. v. International Coal Mining Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Action by the International Coal Mining Company against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for discrimination. Judgment for plaintiff, and both parties bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the International Coal Mining Company, herein called the “Mining Company/-’ recovered a verdict against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, herein called the “Railroad,” for alleged unjust discrimination in freight charges. To a judgment entered on such verdict, both parties sued out writs of error. We will first consider that of the Railroad.
It seems the Mining Company shipped coal over the Railroad’s lines from its mines in bituminous regions of Pennsylvania to tide water from 1894 to 1901. The court excluded evidence bearing on the shipments…
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