JONES v. ALTON & S. R. CO.


6 F.Supp. 807 (1934)

JONES et al. v. ALTON & S. R. CO. et al.

District Court, E. D. Illinois.

April 30, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Grant & Jones, of Danville, Ill., for plaintiff.

Meeks & Lowenstein, and Gunn, Penwell & Lindley, all of Danville, Ill., for defendant.


LINDLEY, District Judge.

This action was brought by plaintiffs under section 16, par. 2, of the Interstate Commerce Act (49 USCA § 16 (2), to recover alleged unreasonable excesses of freight rates charged by defendants for the transportation of coal from certain districts in Illinois to Marshall, Mexico, and Vandalia, Mo., in violation of section 1 of the act (49 USCA § 1). The charges were made upon rates found by the Commission to be unreasonable in report...

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