Legal Opinion
Illinois Central Railroad v. Crail
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1930No. 75PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
In this case certiorari was granted May 27, 1929, to review a ruling of the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upon the measure of damages recoverable in a suit brought under the Cummins Amendment of March 4, 1915, 38 Stat. 1197, as amended 41 Stat. 494 [49 U. S. C., § 20(11),] against a rail carrier for failure to deliver a part of an interstate shipment of coal.
Respondent, plaintiff below, a coal dealer in Minneapolis, purchased, while in transit, a carload of coal weighing at shipment 88,700 pounds. On delivery at destination, the respondent’s industrial siding, there was a shortage…
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