American Railway Express Co. v. Mohawk Dairy Co.

This is an action of contract by a common carrier to recover charges for transportation of two shipments of empty milk cans from New York, in the State of New York, to Colebrook, in the State of New Hampshire.

Facts agreed at the trial were: that the plaintiff was a common carrier in interstate commerce and prior to the crucial dates had filed with the interstate commerce commission its schedules of rates, rules and regulations applicable thereto; that the defendant owned the milk cans shipped from New York to Colebrook, and that the shipments were made by the Reid Ice Cream Company and were…