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MEEKER & CO. v. LEHIGH VALLEY R.R.

No. 434.

236 U.S. 412 (1915)

MEEKER, SURVIVING PARTNER OF MEEKER & COMPANY, v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Garver and Mr. William A. Glasgow, Jr., for petitioner.

Mr. John G. Johnson, with whom Mr. Edgar H. Boles, Mr. Frank H. Platt and Mr. George W. Field were on the brief, for respondent.

By leave of court, Mr. Joseph W. Folk and Mr. Charles W. Needham filed a brief in behalf of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

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

This was an action under § 16 of the Act to Regulate Commerce1 to recover from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company damages alleged to have been sustained by a shipper and awarded by the Interstate Commerce Commission by reason of the company's violation of the prohibition in §§ 1 and 2 of that act against unreasonable rates...

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