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ST. LOUIS S.W. RY. CO. v. SPRING RIVER CO.

No. 158.

236 U.S. 718 (1915)

35 S.Ct. 456

59 L.Ed. 805

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. SPRING RIVER STONE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.H. West, Mr. E.A. Haid, Mr. Roy F. Britton, Mr. C.C. Collins and Mr. H.C. Barker for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas Hackney for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

A controversy between the Railway Company and defendant shipper concerning freight charges was adjusted by computing them upon the actual weight of the merchandise transported. Afterwards, claiming that the reckoning should have been upon the minimum capacity of cars used, the Railway Company sued for the difference between the two results. Defendant relied upon the settlement and also full payment; the trial...

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