South Carolina Asparagus Growers' Ass'n v. Southern Ry. Co.

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit under section 16 (2) of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 USCA § 16(2), to recover on a reparation order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A jury trial was waived and the facts were fully found by the judge below. It appears that the reparation order amounting to $10,440.37 embraced certain refrigeration charges and alleged overcharges on shipments of asparagus amounting to $3,989.53. The defendants paid all of this amount except $1,676.70, representing alleged overcharges on shipments of asparagus, prior to April 16, 1922, as to which they denied…