Penn Refining Co. v. Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, seeks to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,- 137 Fed.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. The plaintiff in error, who was plaintiff below, seeks to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit,- 137 Fed. Rep. 343, reversing absolutely and without allowing a writ of “venire facias de novo,” the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania in favor of the plaintiff company- for $8,579, with interest.from May 15, 1894; in all, $12,706'.92. This sum was made up of the charge of fourteen cents for the weight of ■ the barrel in which oil was transported…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckbam
The questions arising on this writ of error are, in some respects,' different in regard to the different railroads who are defendants in error, but as to the matters now to be discussed all occupy the same position.
In’ their petition to the Commission the petitioners in that proceeding complained of the rate of transportation of oil to Perth Amboy, fixed by the carriers at sixty-six cents per barrel, the weight of the barrel being included and charged for in that amount, which rate, it was asserted, was unreasonable and excessive.
-In the opinion of the Commission, Sled with its order, in…
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