Kinnavey v. Terminal R. Ass'n of St. Louis

ADAMS, District Judge.

The plaintiff sues the defendant as a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, and predicates his right of recovery upon alleged violations of sections 1 and 2 of Hie act to regulate commerce, commonly known as the “Interstate Commerce Act” The petition charges, in effect, that the defendant, at certain periods stated, exacted from the plaintiff an unreasonable and unjust charge for carrying certain shipments of coal from East St. Louis, 111., to St. Louis, Mo., and further charges that during the same period the defendant performed like service for the…