Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Maxwell
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE "STATE OF TENNESSEE.' The facts, which involve the construction of the Act to Regulate Commerce and the right of the carrier to recover from a passenger the' amount of an undercharge on sale of railroad tickets, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hughes
This action was brought, before a Justice of the Peace in Tennessee, by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company to recover $58.30 as the amount of an alleged undercharge on the sale of railroad tickets. Judgment for the defendant was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals nnd by the Supreme Court of the State. ■ The case comes here on error.
The facts, which were said to be undisputed, were found by the state court to be as follows:
Defendant in error, G. A. Maxwell, after repeated interviews, and correspondence, with the. representatives of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company in…
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