Hardware Co. v. . R. R.

It was made to appear that the Corporation Commission, acting under power expressly conferred upon it by the statute (Revisal, sec. 1100), established the following rule, same being known as Rule No. 8, and set forth in Circular No. 36 in the report of 1905: "When any railroad company fails to deliver freights at the depot or to place loaded ears at an accessible place for unloading within forty-eight hours (not including Sundays and legal holidays), computed from 7 o'clock a. in. the day after the arrival of same, the shipper or Consignee shall be paid $1 per day for each day or fraction of…