DARNELL v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R.

No. 887.

225 U.S. 243 (1912)

R.J. DARNELL (INCORPORATED) v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1912.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles N. Burch and Mr. Blewett Lee for defendants in error, in support of the motion.

Mr. W.A. Percy, for plaintiff in error, in opposition thereto.


Memorandum opinion by direction of the court. By MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE.

On motion to dismiss: Plaintiff in error, a Tennessee corporation, was the plaintiff below. One of the defendants is an Illinois and the other a Mississippi corporation. The action was commenced on June 24, 1911, to recover the excess over a reasonable rate exacted by the defendants from the plaintiff for the carriage of hard-wood lumber, such...

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