Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co.

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

The question on this appeal is whether the appellee, an intermediate carrier, is obligated to account to appellant, the initial carrier, for the proportion of a joint freight charge claimed by appellant for the transportation of crude petroleum over a through route from Wickett, Texas, to Whiting, Indiana. Appellant filed its claim against appellee in proceedings for the reorganization of appellee. The claim was denied, and this appeal followed.

The carriers participating in the transportation were, besides appellant and ap-pellee, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway…