Davis v. Newton Coal Co.

Mr. Justice McRéynolds

delivered the opinion of the Court.

These causes present the same points of law and were heard together both here and below. No disputed que»-. tion of fact remains. In-1919 defendant in error, a Pennsylvania corporation, doing business at Philadelphia, contracted with producers for large quantities of bituminous coal, f. o. b. the mines, subject to the regulations of the United States Fuel Administration. During January and February, 1920, while thirty-three cars of coal consigned to the corporation under these contracts were moving over the Philadelphia & Reading…