Legal Opinion
Button v. Atchison, T. & S. F. RY. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 4, 1924No. 6536PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
This writ of ejTor challenges a judgment in favor of the railway company in an undercharge suit on a shipment of 24 ears of cattle from Ft. Stockton, Tex., to Fairfax, Okl. Defendant resided in the latter state. Ho was both consignor and consignee of the shipment. Before entering upon the transaction he applied to the local agent of the initial carrier to learn his total freight charge. The agent, after consulting’ with officers at the central office of the company, quoted the charge as $2,619.70. The cattle were delivered to the carrier upon that understanding. At the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. FinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Terry v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Davis v. MillsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Midstate Horticultural Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Transmix Corp. v. Southern Pacific Co.California Court of Appeal · 1960
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Midstate Horticultural Co.California Supreme Court · 1942
- Taggart v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1942
- Stanley v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Texas · 1928
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