Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Loonie

GARRETT, Presiding Judge,

Section B. — This was an action for damages, brought by the appellee to recover the penalty prescribed by statute for an overcharge on a carload of wire and staples transported from St. Louis, Missouri, to Meridian, Texas, and for delay and loss of wages of plaintiff’s employes and the employment of his teams while waiting for the delivery of said freight, which had been withheld for the alleged overcharge.

The car of wire and staples was delivered to the Missouri Pacific Company at St. Louis for shipment to Meridian, Texas, to the Moroney Hardware Company, and a bill…