PENNA. R.R. CO. v. PURITAN COAL CO.

No. 76.

237 U.S. 121 (1915)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. PURITAN COAL MINING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis I. Gowen, with whom Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. John G. Johnson were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.M. Liveright and Mr. A.L. Cole for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, an interstate carrier, was sued in a state court for damages caused by its failure to furnish the Puritan Company with cars in which to load coal for shipment to points within and without the State. The pleadings alleged not only that the carrier had failed...

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