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DETROIT & MACKINAC RY. v. PAPER CO.

Nos. 336-340.

248 U.S. 30 (1918)

DETROIT & MACKINAC RAILWAY COMPANY v. FLETCHER PAPER COMPANY. SAME v. ISLAND MILL LUMBER COMPANY. SAME v. CHURCHILL LUMBER COMPANY. SAME v. RICHARDSON LUMBER COMPANY. SAME v. MICHIGAN VENEER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward S. Clark and Mr. I.S. Canfield, for defendants in error, submitted the motions.

Mr. James McNamara and Mr. Fred A. Baker, for plaintiff in error, in opposition to the motions. Mr. C.R. Henry was also on the briefs.

Motions to dismiss or affirm or place on the summary docket submitted October 8, 1918.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These five suits were actions of assumpsit brought to recover the difference between the rates fixed by the Michigan Railroad Commission on logs carried wholly within the State, from points on the defendant's (the plaintiff in error's) road to Alpena, and the higher rates that the defendant actually charged. The plaintiffs...

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