Legal Opinion
Johnson MacHine Works, Inc. v. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, and Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, Third Party
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 16, 1962No. 16736PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company (Burlington), brought this action against defendant Johnson Machine Works, Inc., to recover $10,077.81 alleged to be the balance due for freight charges for carriage of 34 carloads of fabricated steel over its lines from Chariton, Iowa, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and thence over the lines of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company (Northwestern) to Box Elder, South Dakota. Defendant denied plaintiff’s right to recover the additional freight charges, claiming the bills of lading and tariffs constituting…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Johnson v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. SolumSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Mead Johnson & Co., and Southern Railway Company v. Mead Johnson & Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Pan American Mail Line, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Rutledge Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Iowa Power and Light Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
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