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L. & N.R.R. v. SLOSS-SHEFFIELD CO.

No. 25.

269 U.S. 217 (1925)

46 S.Ct. 73

70 L.Ed. 242

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. v. SLOSS-SHEFFIELD STEEL & IRON COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. E. Perry Thomas and Charles J. Rixey, with whom Messrs. W.A. Northcutt, John S. Stone and S.P. Smith were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Challen B. Ellis, with whom Messrs. O.E. Harrison, Woodson P. Houghton, Wade H. Ellis and Hugh Morrow were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit, under § 16 of the Act to Regulate Commerce, February 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, 384, was brought against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad in the federal district court for northern Alabama. By it the Sloss-Sheffield Company sought to recover $63,982.80 with interest, being the amount of a reparation order entered by the Interstate Commerce Commission for excessive freight charges exacted...

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