Davis v. Krauss Bros. Lumber Co.

BURNS, District Judge.

Tbe plaintiff Director General of Railroads sues tbe defendant lumber company for undercharges on two shipments of lumber — one made July 24, 1919, from luka, Miss., to Memphis, Tenn., and there reconsigned to Forest City, Ark.; the other made September 191, 1919, from luka, Miss., to Memphis, and there reconsigned to Clarendon, Ark.

Defendant admits the making of the shipments and the payments thereon as alleged in the petition, but denies the legality of the rate upon which the suit for undercharge is predicated. By stipulation trial by jury was waived, and by further…