Legal Opinion
St. Louis, Southwestern Railway Co. v. Mays
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 6, 1959No. Civ. No. 3125PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff, an interstate rail carrier of freight, to recover from the defendant the sum of $878.55, 1 plus interest, alleged to be due as demurrage on a number of freight cars consigned and delivered to the defendant for unloading during a period commencing in March 1954 and running through December, 1955. The demurrage charges which the plaintiff seeks to collect are prescribed by its duly published tariffs on file with the proper regulatory agencies.
The defendant does not question the receipt of the cars, nor does he deny that they…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. Hocking Valley Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Kittanning Iron & Steel Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Southern Ry. Co. v. Aluminum Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1951
- Southern Ry. Co. v. WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1922
- Chicago, B. & Q. R. v. BlunkDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 1951
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3Cited by13 opinions
- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Port Terminal Railroad Association v. Connell Rice & Sugar Co., Inc., Connell Rice & Sugar Co., Inc. v. Port Terminal Railroad AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Southern Railway System v. Leyden Shipping Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- City of New Orleans v. Southern Scrap Material Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1980
- Colorado & Southern Railway Co. v. Southwestern Roofing & Sheet Metal Co.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1974
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