McCaull-Dinsmore Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.

The main facts are these: Between August 23, 1913, and September 3, 1914, plaintiff shipped over the line of defendant, a common carrier, 37 cars of wheat from Benchland, Montana, to Minneapolis and Duluth, Minnesota. During that period defendant’s published tariff rate for transporting- wheat was 30 cents per cwt. from Benchland to the destinations mentioned, and 28 cents per cwt. from Billings to the same destination points, although the haul is 152 miles longer from Billings than from Benchland, which is an intermediate point on defendant’s line of railway running from Billings to…