Legal Opinion
Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States ex rel. Sonken-Galamba Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1938No. 11062PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
This is a mandamus proceeding authorized by. Section 49, Title 49 U.S.C.A., brought by the United States on relation of Sonken-Galamba Corporation against various Railroad Companies and various officers of the Western Weighing and Inspection Bureau. The Bureau is an unincorporated Company whose members are various Railroads and the Bureau’s employees. The Bureau is the agent of the defendant Railroads and its services consist mainly in determining whether material tendered for transportation falls within the class which the shipper claims.
The object of the present…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Standard Oil Co. (Indiana) v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Butler Motor Co. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
3Cited by17 opinions
- Crancer v. LowdenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- State, Dept. of Roads v. MelcherNebraska Supreme Court · 1992
- Sonken-Galamba Corp. v. Union Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- Pacific Gamble Robinson Co. v. Minneapolis & St. Louis Ry. Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1952
- Sonken-Galamba Corp. v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1939
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