Chicago & N.W.R. Co. v. Connor Lumber & Land Co

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Summary judgment was entered against the defendant, a shipper, upon plaintiff’s motion, for freight undercharges in the sum' of $5463.18, plus interest and costs. This appeal by the defendant followed.

Defendant, prior to December '31,1947, shipped logs over plaintiff’s line to its mill at Laona, Wisconsin, from points within and without the state, for the purpose of manufacture and reshipment. Under the freight tariff then in effect defendant was privileged to claim the benefit of what are known as transit rates if it agreed to ship the manufactured product over…