Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad v. Furniture Forwarders of St. Louis, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

MEREDITH, District Judge.

This case has been submitted to the Court on Stipulation of Facts and briefs of the parties without oral argument. Plaintiff, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company is suing defendants Furniture Forwarders of St. Louis, Inc., Chromcraft, Inc., and Alsco, Inc., to recover demurrage charges claimed on certain shipments of goods from Memphis, Tennessee, and St. Louis, Missouri. The demurrage charges arose under the tariff provisions of 49 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., and the Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1337.

The parties have stipulated that…