United States ex rel. Sonken-Galamba Corp. v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R.

REEVES, District Judge.

This proceeding is authorized by section 49, title 49 U.S.C.A., relating to the subject of transportation. Such section of the statute authorizes the issuance of a writ of mandamus in favor of a shipper so as to enable such shipper to obtain equal facilities for the transportation of his property with those given other shippers under similar conditions and for like traffic.

The relator is engaged in handling scrap iron and scrap steel and has been so engaged for many years. At the present time it has a large quantity of old scrap steel and scrap iron which it has…