Illinois Central Gulf RR Co. v. Sankey Brothers, Inc.

This action was brought by Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (ICG) against Sankey Brothers, Inc. (Sankey), to recover the difference between the freight rates mistakenly quoted by ICG and paid by Sankey and the published rates which should have been quoted and paid. The appellate court affirmed the Sangamon County circuit court’s summary judgment in favor of ICG (67 Ill. App. 3d 435), and we allowed leave to appeal. We affirm.

On the basis of previous prices mistakenly quoted by it over the telephone, ICG periodically billed Sankey Brothers for switching charges incurred in the years…