Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Relf

Citations

• 78 Kan. 463
• 97 P. 477
• 1908 Kan. LEXIS 86

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Railroads — Connecting Carriers — Interstate Commerce — Bates. Where no through rate between two railroad stations in adjoining states and upon different railroads has been filed with the interstate commerce commission or published, and a car-load of freight is received at one of the stations and the railroad agent at such station agrees to carry the freight to the other station at a certain rate, and, at the connecting point of the two railroads, the station agent of the other railroad receives the freight and agrees to complete the carriage to its destination at the rate specified, held, in the absence of any showing that the agreed rate is unreasonable or that other shippers of like freight between the same stations were charged a different rate, the contract will not be held void as to the rate, notwithstanding the contract rate is less than the sum of the local rates regularly charged by the respective railroad companies for like freight between the stations where each performed its part of the carriage.</p>