Fort Worth & Denver City Ry. Co. v. Childress Cotton Oil Co.

Brought by the Fort Worth & Denver City Railway Company, the suit was for undercharges on a shipment of cotton linters transported in a car fifty feet long from Childress, Texas, on September 29, 1939, to Naperville, Illinois. The applicable tariff governing the respective rights of the parties is Section 3(a) of Rule 34 of the Consolidated Freight Classification No. 13, which reads as follows: “If carrier has been unable or finds that it will be unable within six days after receipt of order * * * to furnish closed car of the length ordered and furnishes longer car, minimum weight shall be…