ACHESON GRAPHITE CO. v. MELLON


21 F.2d 562 (1927)

ACHESON GRAPHITE CO. v. MELLON, Director General of Railroads, et al.

District Court, W. D. New York.

June 22, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohn, Franchot, Runals & Robillard, of Niagara Falls, N. Y. (Basil Robillard and Paul P. Cohen, both of Niagara Falls, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Sidney F. Andrews, of Washington, D. C., Rann, Vaughan, Brown & Sturtevant, of Buffalo, N. Y., and Alex M. Bull, of Washington, D. C., for defendant Andrew W. Mellon, Director General of Railroads, as Agent.

Locke, Babcock, Hollister & Brown, of Buffalo, N. Y., for defendants New York, C. & St. L. R. Co. and Lake Erie & W. R. Co.


HAZEL, District Judge.

This action was brought against the Director General of Railroads, as Agent, and defendants carriers, to recover $6,782.75, with interest from September 1, 1925, as reparation damages arising out of overcharges of transportation rates on shipments of coke from Indianapolis, Ind., delivered to plaintiff at its plant at Harriet, N. Y., during federal operation and control of railroads. By sections 14-16 of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 USCA...

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