Empire Refineries, Inc. v. Guaranty Trust Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; William C. Hook, Judge. Suit in equity by the Guaranty Trust Company of New York and others, trustees, against the Missouri Pacific Railway Company and others. The Empire Refineries, Incorporated, appeals from an order disallowing its claim against the receiver.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
January 17, 1917, appellant shipped on revenue billing from Cushing, Okl., to St. Eouis, Mo., a tank car load of gasoline routed over the linea of the A., T. & S. E. Ry. and Missouri Pacific Ry. The tank car in which the gasoline was shipped was owned by appellant, and under the tariff provisions of the railways it was entitled to receive three-fourths of a cent per mile on loaded movements of the tank car. Instead of delivering the car and contents to the consignee at St. Eouis, the Missouri Pacific Railway, then being operated by a receiver, tendered the car to the…
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