Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Ohio Valley Tie Company

This is a suit brought by the defendant in error in 1911 against the Railroad Company to recover for injury to. business and other damages alleged to have been caused by the Railroad’s acts. The most important feature at this stage is that the Railroad maintained and collected a higher rate for cross-ties than it did for lumber when they were carried between States, although the state commission required the same rate upon both for carriage within the State, and although, as the Railroad knew, the Interstate Commerce Commission repeatedly had decided that the rates for cross-ties and lumber…