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SOUTH'N RY. CO. v. BURLINGTON LUMBER CO.

No. 236.

225 U.S. 99 (1912)

32 S.Ct. 657

56 L.Ed. 1001

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. BURLINGTON LUMBER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John K. Graves, with whom Mr. Alfred P. Thom was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendant in error on the argument. Mr. W.H. Carroll and Mr. Lee S. Overman subsequently filed a brief for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action to recover penalties under a statute of North Carolina for refusal to receive goods for shipment. As the statute is the same that was held bad, so far as it concerns commerce among the States, in Southern Railway Co. v. Reid, 222 U.S. 424, and Southern Railway Co v. Reid & Beam, ...

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