Interstate Commerce Commission v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 120 F. 934
• 57 C.C.A. 224
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4555

Syllabus

<p>1; Carriers — Unreasonable Rates — Evidence to Establish.</p> <p>A finding that tbe rates charged' by railroads for shipments to a particular point are unreasonable in themselves, and in violation of section 1 of the interstate commerce act (24 Stat. 379 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3154]), cannot properly be based on evidence which only tends to show that they are too high as compared with the rates charged between the Initial points and one or two other points.</p> <p>2. Same — Preference between Localities.</p> <p>The same evidence which warrants a finding that dissimilar circumstances and conditions exist which justify a lower rate for a longer haul to one point than for a shorter haul to another also establishes that the charging of such rates does not give one point an undue preference and advantage over the other, in violation of section 3 of the interstate commerce act (24 Stat. 380 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3155]).</p>