Vicksburg, S. & P. Ry. Co. v. Paup

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Appellees shipped from various points in Louisiana 'to the town of Ruston, in said state, cotton in carload lots, under what are commonly known as milling in transit rates. The applicable tariffs provided that, if the shipper wished to be relieved of the local inbound charges, he should surrender to the agent of the company at Ruston the original freight bills covering the movement of the uncompressed cotton, and that the point of origin, date, etc., shown thereon should be noted on the bills of lading covering reshipment after compression, and that the railroad…