Cobb Bros. Const. v. Gulp, M. & O. R. Co.

This suit was commenced by appellant by a petition before the Mississippi Public Service Commission against Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, and Columbus & Greenville Railway Company seeking a refund of a part of the freight charged on a shipment of fifteen cars of sand and gravel from Columbus, Mississippi, to appellant at Union, Mississippi, in September 1949. The rate charged was $1.40 per ton and appellant claims that the rate should have been $1.10 per ton. The Public Service Commission denied the relief sought by the petition, and upon appeal to the Circuit Court of Hinds County…