Legal Opinion
Alexandria & W. Ry. Co. v. Long Pine Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1922No. 23535PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDawkins, J.
Plaintiff brought this suit to recover the sum of $4.75 per car on a minimum of 200 cars per calendar month, for a period of years, as the freight which it would have earned had the defendant delivered to it the quantity of timber which it had agreed to do under a contract between the parties.
The main defenses, were that the obligation to ship the timber over plaintiff’s line was without consideration, in that the rates which it could charge were fixed by the Railroad Commission, and the railway company bound itself to do nothing more than it was compelled to do under the law, and, further,…
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