Illinois Central Railroad v. Belson

Mr. Presiding Justice Fitch

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff sued defendants to recover a balance due it for freight charges and war tax on an interstate shipment of 240 barrels of potatoes from Comfort, North Carolina, to Chicago, consigned to the defendants. Plaintiff proved that the shipment was transported by the plaintiff and its connecting carriers from Comfort, North Carolina, to Chicago, and was delivered to defendants as consignees, who signed a receipt for the same and paid the charges, then demanded, of $268.22, instead of $349.30, the amount actually due under the…