Legal Opinion
Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company v. Export Drum Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 6, 1966No. 21899_1PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McRAE, District Judge:
This action was brought under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act by the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company (“Railway Company”), which sought to recover portions of freight charges that Export Drum Company, Inc. (“Export Drum”), had refused to pay. Involved were twenty-two shipments of old, used steel drums from points In Texas and Tennessee to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The district court found that the Railway Company was entitled to the higher rate on the Tennessee shipments and awarded it $1,918.34, together with interest from the date of judgment, but the…
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