PENNA. R.R. CO. v. MITCHELL COAL CO.

No. 287.

238 U.S. 251 (1915)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. MITCHELL COAL & COKE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 14, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mr. Joseph Gilfillan, with whom Mr. George S. Graham was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This writ of error brings under review a judgment recovered by a shipper of coal for damages sustained through unlawful discrimination consisting in the secret allowance and payment of rebates to other shippers for whom the carrier was rendering a like and contemporaneous service. 241 Pa. St. 536. The action was brought and the judgment rendered under the law of...

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