Harris v. Central Railroad & Banking Co.

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The railroad company had general rules declaring-that, under certain circumstances, demurrage and storage would be chargeable to all patrons. These rules were known to Harris, who combined with two subordinate agents of the company, one of them a soliciting agent, the other a station agent, to shun the rules and prevent their application to a large shipment of freight which Harris contemplated making. On account of the volume and magnitude of the shipment, these agents agreed that the rules should not be enforced against Harris, as. to that shipment; and on account of…