Russell v. Beutelschies

The parties appear here as they appeared in the trial court and will be referred to in this opinion as plaintiffs and defendants.

On the 20th day of August, 1934, plaintiffs filed their petition alleging that they are operators of a mine; that the defendants contracted with the Port Smith & Western Railway Company to switch' coal from the mine of plaintiffs on a spur to the tracks of the railway company; that the defendants were paid $5 per car for this service by the railway company; that during a period from and including the 1st day of August, 1929, to and including the 31st day of March,…