Arizona Wholesale Grocery Co. v. Southern Pac. Co.
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Sawtelle, J.
For a proper understanding of the issue,, presented by this appeal, in which it is contended that the appellees’ rates on sugar from California points to Globe, Ariz., were unjust and unreasonable, a brief chronological survey of certain reports by the Interstate Commerce Commission will be necessary.
In Arizona Corporation Commission v. A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co. et al., 34 I. C. C. 158, 159, 160, 161, decided on May 25, 1915, the Interstate Commerce Commission reported:
The case involved all carriers transporting sugar from California to Arizona. ,ín a table appearing on page 160 of the report, the rate on sugar to Globe, effective March 15, 1914, or subsequently, was $1 per 100 pounds for a minimum weight of 3^,000 pounds. No rate for Globe is shown under the new schedule effective on November 15, 1914, for a minimum weight of 60,00o pounds, referred to above.
On July 7; 1916 (Graham & Gila County Traffic Ass’n v. Arizona Eastern R. Co., 40 I. C. C. 573, 586, 587), the commission found “that the through class and commodity rates *602 from the eastern group territories involved to points on the Globe [Arizona] division [of the Arizona Eastern Railroad], in effect at the time the…