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PATTERSON v. L. &. N. RAILROAD

No. 221.

269 U.S. 1 (1925)

46 S.Ct. 8

70 L.Ed. 131

PATTERSON ET AL. v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 12, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edgar Watkins, with whom Mr. Mac Asbill was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Nelson W. Proctor, with whom Mr. William A. Northcutt was on the brief, for defendants in error, Louisville & Nashville R.R. and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry.

Mr. John F. Finerty, for Davis, Director General.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Section 4 of the Act to Regulate Commerce as amended June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 547, provides, among other things: "That it shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act . . . to charge any greater compensation as a through rate than the aggregate of the intermediate rates subject to the provisions of this Act."

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