Goffee v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

Plaintiff brought this action for damages against the defendant railroad company for issuing a bill of lading for the shipment of a carload of milo upon a rate and route not authorized by its tariffs and which, according to plaintiff, was in breach of a specific ruling of the interstate commerce commission.

The material facts were these: Plaintiff shipped a carload of milo to market at Kansas City, Mo., from Tulia, Tex., via the Santa Fe railway and paid freight charges of 32% cents per hundredweight thereon, and received from the carrier…