Legal Opinion
Tennessee Cent. Ry. Co. v. Pharr
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 31, 1946PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHickerson, J.
On September 22,1944, John D. Fletcher and Felix Z. Wilson filed a petition, against Tennessee Central Eailway Company with the Eailroad and Public Utilities Commission of Tennessee (referred to as Commission in this opinion) in which they sought a decrease in the rate for shipping coal from Monterey, Tennessee, to Nashville, Tennessee. They charged that the prevailing rate of $1.45 a ton for shipping coal from Monterey to Nashville was “excessive and unreasonable,” and that other cities enjoyed a more favorable freight rate on coal than Nashville, which caused an unjust discrimination…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Roberts v. Knoxville Transit LinesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1952
- Long v. National Bureau of Casualty UnderwritersTennessee Supreme Court · 1962
- Community of Woodston v. State Corporation Comm.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1960
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