Furniture Forwarders of St. Louis, Inc. v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from final judgment awarding plaintiff railroad judgment for demurrage resulting from holding certain freight cars for defendant Furniture Forwarders of St. Louis, Inc., for a longer period of time than allowed by applicable tariffs. This action arises under 49 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq. Jurisdiction is based upon 28 U.S.C.A. § 1337.

The facts, all of which are stipulated, and the issues are fairly set out in the well-considered opinion of Judge Meredith reported at 272 F.Supp. 62. We believe that Judge Meredith properly interpreted the stipulation of…