Pennsylvania Railroad v. Weber

Citations

• 257 U.S. 85
• 42 S. Ct. 18
• 66 L. Ed. 141
• 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1318

Syllabus

<p>1. In an action to enforce reparation awarded a shipper by the Interstate Commerce Commission as damages resulting from unfair practices of the defendant carrier in the distribution of coal cars, the findings and order of the Commission are prima jade evidence ■ of the facts therein stated. P. 90.</p> <p>2. In such an action the award, though its amount appear by the Commission’s own record to have been calculáted upon an erroneous basis, (see s. e. 242 U. S. 89,) may be sustained by evidence before the Commission, supplemented at the trial, tending to prove that damages equal to the award resulted from the unfair practices condemned by the Commission, as shown by its report. P. 91.</p>