Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Louisville Cement Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 29, 1918No. 70PublishedCited by 79 opinions

The case is stated-in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke

The facts of this case are not disputed and are as follows:

By mistake in printing its tariff, the published rate of the Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. on coal from mines in Kentucky to Speeds, Indiana, was increased on July 22, 1906, to $1.10 per ton from $1.00, which , had been the rate before.

The mistake was not noticed and. the old rate was charged and paid by relator (plaintiff in error) on shipments until the following February, when, the increased published rate being discovered; it was charged and collected until the. next April, when the former rate was restored.

Promptly on April…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ex Parte SchollenbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Finn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. A. J. Phillips Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  4. Amy v. DubuqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  5. Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. Humboldt Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1912

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