Barnes v. Louisville N. R. Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

' The appellant, F. P. Barnes, purchaser of. the chose in action from the trustee in bankruptcy of Kentucky Feed Mills, Incorporated, sued the appellee, Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, to recover $1,890 overcharged for switching 1,400 cars of grain and grain products. The shipments were over the defendant’s lines from Louisville to points wholly within Kentucky. The period covered is from March 10, 1923, to August 2, 1933. It was alleged that the transportation was under written contracts and “subject to the legal and lawful…