Southern Ry. Co. v. Aluminum Co. Of America

The Southern Railway Company sued the Aluminum Company of America for demurrage charges amounting to $99,-499.96 and interest covering the period from April 1, 1945, to October 31, 1946. The district court dismissed the complaint and the Railway Company appeals.

The Aluminum Company of America commenced its operations at Alcoa, Tennessee, in 1913, where it now owns and operates aluminum reduction and fabricating plants and a carbon electrode plant. At the time appellee company began its operations, the railroad did not have, at Alcoa, adequate yard and switching facilities for the storage of…