Oman v. Tennessee Central Railway Co.

The original bill in this case was filed on September 14, 1925, in Part II of the chancery court of Davidson county, by John Oman, Jr.,.a citizen and resident of Davidson county, Tennessee, against the Tennessee Central Railway Company, a Tennessee corporation.

Complainant alleged that defendant had unlawfully collected from him the sum of $840.79, by way of an overcharge of eight cents per ton on 175 carloads of slag, averaging fifty tons to each car, shipped over defendant’s road from Rockwood, Tennessee, to Crossville, Tennessee, and complainant prayed for a recovery of that amount, with…