W. P. BROWN & SONS LUMBER CO. v. LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO.

No. 1552.

7 F.Supp. 593 (1934)

W. P. BROWN & SONS LUMBER CO. et al. v. LOUISVILLE & N. R. CO., et al.

District Court, W. D. Kentucky.

June 22, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. V. Norman and Norman, Quirk & Graham, all of Louisville, for plaintiffs.

Edward P. Humphrey and Marvin H. Taylor, both of Louisville, for defendants.


DAWSON, District Judge.

I do not think the plaintiffs are entitled to the relief sought.

The case presents the single question of the proper construction of a rate tariff. This is a question of law, and while in such a case the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission should be received with respect, and given that weight to which the experience of its membership in this field justly entitles it, such decision is not binding or controlling upon the courts...

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