Southern Pac. Co. v. Goldfield Consol. Milling & Transportation Co.

The defendant in error on the 9th day of August, 1912, filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint against the Chicago & Erie Railroad Company et al., alleging that it had been charged an unreasonable rate for the transportation o£ a car load of steel window sash from Youngstown, Ohio, to Goldfield, Nev., and asking reparation; it being alleged in the complaint that the rate of $3.44 per 100 pounds, published and charged by the carriers for transporting that commodity between the points mentioned, was unreasonable, and praying that an order be entered by the Commission declaring $1.95 a reasonable rate for such service, and that the carriers be required to assess their charge on that basis. A hearing of the matter was duly had before the Commission, which thereafter rendered its decision holding that the rate complained of was unreasonable, and that the rate of $1.95 was a reasonable rate for the service, and entered an order directing the carriers to publish the latter rate for such transportation, and, finding that the complainant in that proceeding was entitled to an award for reparation against the Southern Pacific Company and the Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad…