Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Mississippi Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. On November 16, 1903, the Railroad Commission of Mississippi, by written order, directed the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, hereinafter called the Vicksburg company, to put into effect, over its line of road from Vicksburg to Meridian, a flat rate of 3| cents per 100 pounds on grain and grain products.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI. On November 16, 1903, the Railroad Commission of Mississippi, by written order, directed the Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, hereinafter called the Vicksburg company, to put into effect, over its line of road from Vicksburg to Meridian, a flat rate of 3| cents per 100 pounds on grain and grain products. December 3, 1903, an application was made by the railway company to the chancellor of the Fifth Chancery District of the State to restrain the enforcement of this order. July 11, 1904, a temporary injunction issued on the filing of…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered thé opinion of the court.
The facts in this case are few. The company made what it.called a “rebilling-rate” of 3J cents per 100 pounds on grain and grain products shipped from Vicksburg to Meridian, that rate, however, being applicable only in case of shipments over the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad, herein- . after called the Shreveport road. Instead of being enforced as solely a rebilling rate, the Vicksburg merchant who received a carload of grain or grain products over the Shreveport road was permitted to either…
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