Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. In 1909, Associations, representing California fruit-growers, filed with the Commerce Commission complaints against numerous railroad companies attacking the freight and refrigeration charges on citrus fruit shipped from California to Eastern points.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COMMERCE COURT. In 1909, Associations, representing California fruit-growers, filed with the Commerce Commission complaints against numerous railroad companies attacking the freight and refrigeration charges on citrus fruit shipped from California to Eastern points. Much testimony-was taken, from which it appeared that the orange crop amounted to about 50,000 cars per annum, of which the 20,000, shipped in warm weather, required some form of refrigeration in order to keep the fruit in condition for use at the end of the journey. At the close of the first hearing…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Lamar,
after making the foregoing statement.of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
There are many cases between shipper and carrier in which each insists that the other is bound to furnish service or facilities connected with the transportation of freight. The present record, however, presents an instance where both parties are contending for the privilege of supplying an article needed in the proper shipment of fruit — the consignor claiming that icing is a necessary part of the loading, which he is authorized to supply; while the carriers insist that -icing is a part of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. StickneySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
3Cited by59 opinions
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- R. H. Fulton v. Chicago, Rock Island And Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Loomis v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- L. T. Barringer & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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