City of New Orleans v. C. B. Fox Co.

BORAH, District Judge.

This is a suit by the City of New Orleans, by and through the Public Belt Railroad Commission for the City of New Orleans, against C. B. Fox Company, a co-partnership, and the individual members of said firm, for railroad storage charges on export grain shipped to the Port of New Orleans.

The Public Belt Railroad Commission is an agency of the City of New Orleans which operates the Public Belt Railroad as a switching and terminal railroad in the City of New Orleans. It receives, transports and conveys merchandise, freight and other property as an interstate and intrastate…