BARTLESVILLE ZINC CO. v. MELLON

No. 4620.

56 F.2d 154 (1932)

BARTLESVILLE ZINC CO. v. MELLON, Director General of Railroads.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 24, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Barnes, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

A. A. McLaughlin, of Des Moines, Iowa, and H. W. Davis and R. S. Outlaw, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before ALSCHULER and SPARKS, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff in the trial court, a shipper, brought suit in assumpsit for the recovery of demurrage charges on interstate shipments paid by plaintiff to the Director General of Railroads during federal control, claiming that such charges were illegally assessed and collected. Appellee, a defendant below, is the governmental agent charged with final settlement of details of the national control of railroads. Defendant's demurrer to...

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