Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Harold
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP KANSAS. The facts, which involve the jurisdiction of this court under § 237, Judicial Code, and the construction of interstate bills of lading under the Act to Regulate Commerce, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
We are of the opinion that a motion to dismiss is without merit but the reasons which lead us to that conclusion will be more clearly appreciated after we have made a statement of the case. Until that is done we hence postpone the subject.
J. Bell & Son, having sold a carload of bulk corn to the C. V. Fisher Grain Company residing and doing business at Kansas City, Missouri, on September 21, 1910, shipped the same from Yanka, Nebraska, over the Union Pacific Railroad. The bill of lading identified the car as L. W. No. 33791 containing 100,420 pounds of corn, and the same was consigned to…
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