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DAVIS v. PORTLAND SEED CO.

Nos. 114, 122, 123, 209.

264 U.S. 403 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 380

68 L.Ed. 762

DAVIS, AS AGENT, ETC. v. PORTLAND SEED COMPANY. SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. PARRINGTON. DAVIS, AGENT UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, v. PARRINGTON. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. McCAULL-DINSMORE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Finerty and Mr. Arthur C. Spencer, with whom Mr. Henry W. Clark, Mr. C.E. Cochran and Mr. John F. Reilly were on the briefs, for petitioner in No. 114 and plaintiffs in error in Nos. 122 and 123. See post, p. 601.

Mr. F.G. Dorety, with whom Mr. R.J. Hagman was on the brief, for petitioner in No. 209.

Mr. James G. Wilson for respondent in No. 114 and defendant in error in Nos. 122 and 123.

Mr. Frederick M. Miner, Mr. John P. Devaney, Mr. Dewitt Clinton Edwards and Mr. Walter W. Patterson filed a brief on behalf of the respondent in No. 209, resisting the petition for a writ of certiorari.

Mr. Frank R. Wehe and Mr. Alfred J. Harwood, by leave of Court, filed a brief as amici curiae in Nos. 122 and 123.

Mr. John F. Finerty, by leave of Court, filed a brief as amicus curiae, on behalf of the Director General of Railroads, in No. 209.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The courts below affirmed judgments for the plaintiffs in four separate actions brought to recover alleged overcharges on freight said to have been demanded by the respective carriers in violation of the long and short haul clause, Fourth Section, Interstate Commerce Act, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, 380; c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 547; c. 91, 41 Stat. 456, 480, which declares —

"That it shall be unlawful...

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