Armour Packing Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. In the statement and. opinion in these cases the Armour Packing Company's case alone will bo treated, because the four cases were tried upon agreed statements, and their facts are so similar that the questions of law they present are identical.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. In the statement and. opinion in these cases the Armour Packing Company's case alone will bo treated, because the four cases were tried upon agreed statements, and their facts are so similar that the questions of law they present are identical. The packing company was indicted and tried for, and was convicted of, a violation of the Elkins act to further regulate commerce of February 19, .1903 (chapter 708, 32 Stat. 847 LIT. S. Comp. St. Supp. .1905, p. 5991) in the District Court for the Western District…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
1. The shipper delivered its goods to the Burlington company, the carrier, obtained its through bill of lading from Kansas City to Christiania, Norway, received its concession, and paid the through rate, less than that named in the tariffs filed and published by the carriers, in the city of Kansas City, in the state of Kansas. By these acts the transportation of this property at this less rate by the Burlington company and its connecting carriers from Kansas City into and through the Western .district of Missouri to New York was ■ caused, but the carriage was conducted by the railroad…
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