Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Co. v. Anderson-Tully Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. Error to review a judgment of the Circuit CJburt of Appeals affirming a judgment for the shipper in ah action brought in the District Court to enforce a Reparation order made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The facts are stated in the opinion. .
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
This is an action instituted by a shipper under the provisions of § 16 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 554, against various carriers, based upon an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the payment of money found due as reparation for the exacting of an unreasonable rate for the transportation of “box shooks” in carload lots, from Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Port Arthur, Texas, which the carriers refused to pay.
It will be necessary to consider only the liability of the defendant, the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company,…
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