Oregon-Washington R. & Nav. Co. v. Pacific Continental Grain Co.

JAMES ALGER FEE, District Judge.

There are involved in this case three hundred causes of action. Each relates to the rate to be charged upon a single car of grain shipped from the interior of Oregon to Portland, Oregon, and eventually to an interstate or foreign point. The actual intention of the shipper at the time of the initial commitment of the particular car of grain to a carrier at the interior point constitutes the determinative test as to whether an intrastate or interstate rate should be paid. Since the billing was in each instance to Portland, only the intrastate rate was originally…