First Trust & Savings Bank v. Southern Indiana Ry. Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Action by the First Trust & Savings Bank, trustee, against the Southern Indiana Railway Company and others, in which the A. B. Meyer & Co. filed a petition for intervention.
1Opinion of the Court
KOHLSAAT, Circuit Judge.
A. B. Meyer & Co. present to the court their petition herein for leave to intervene, based upon the following facts, viz.: In the year 1902 petitioner entered into a contract with the railway company to transport coal during the years 1902 and 1903 from certain mines in Indiana to Indianapolis, at a rate of 40 cents per ton, being the then published freight rate, for a valuable consideration. Petitioner performed its part of ‘ said contract, and a large amount of coal was so transported. Thereafter the published rates were advanced, first, to 50 and again to 60 cents…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miltenberger v. Logansport Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- Gregg v. Metropolitan Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Standard Oil Co. of Ky. v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1896
- Kneeland v. LuceSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Swann v. Wright'sSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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- Greis v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Oklahoma · 1937