WISCONSIN BRIDGE & IRON CO. v. ILLINOIS TERMINAL CO.

No. 5920.

88 F.2d 459 (1937)

WISCONSIN BRIDGE & IRON CO. v. ILLINOIS TERMINAL CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 11, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip H. Porter, of Madison, Wis., and Luther M. Walter, of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

George T. Buckingham and Arthur O. Graves, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

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


SPARKS, Circuit Judge.

This case raises the question whether a defendant may be estopped from pleading the statute of limitations in defense of an action arising under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act which specifically provides that all actions at law by carriers subject to the act for recovery of their charges shall be begun within three years from the time the cause of action accrues, and not after.

Appellee filed suit to recover the balance...

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