Baltimore & O. R. v. Lambert Run Coal Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Philippi. Bill by the Lambert Run Coal Company against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The complainant, a coal mine served by the defendant railroad company, set out in its bill filed in the circuit court of Marion county, W. Va., that it was suffering continuous loss and damage by reason of the refusal of the defendant in a period of shortage of coal cars to comply with the following provision of section 402, Transportation Act of. 1920:
“(12) It shall also he the duty of every carrier by railroad to make just and reasonable distribution of cars for transportation of coal among the coal mines served by it, whether located upon its line or lines or…
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