Illinois Central Railroad v. Templar

SETH, Circuit Judge.

This comes before us on a petition for writ of mandamus. The petitioner is a defendant in two cases commenced by the United States on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation. It is alleged that the defendant as a rail carrier of grain shipped by the CCC lost a portion of certain designated shipments en route. The cause of action is based on a difference between the weight certificates signed by the loading grain elevators and the weight certificates of the elevator at the destination of the shipment. These cases were started in Nebraska, and transferred to Kansas by the…