A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the right of a shipper to recover from the carrier freight charges held to have been unreasonable by the Interstate Commerce Commission and the provisions in the Hepburn Act limiting the time within which claims of that nature.can be asserted, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lamar
The A. J. Phillips Company is a manufacturer of doors at Fenton, Michigan. For use in its business it purchased large quantities of lumber, much of which was shipped from points in Alabama, over the lines of the Illinois Central, the Southern, the Grand Trunk Western, and the Detroit & Milwaukee Railway Companies. Prior to April, 1903, the rate to Fenton was 28 cents a hundred,— of which 14 cents was the charge for the haul, over the Southern and the Illinois Central, from Alabama points to the Ohio River. The remaining 14 cents represented the charge of the Grand Trunk and the Detroit…
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