Wight v. United States

Citations

• 167 U.S. 512
• 17 S. Ct. 822
• 42 L. Ed. 258
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2113

Syllabus

<p>Hauling goods on tbe Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh and delivering them to a consignee in his warehouse' from a siding connection, and hauling similar goods for him from and to the same cities on the Baltimore and- Ohio Railroad, and delivering them to him from the station of that road in Pittsburgh, there being no siding connection, is transportation “ under substantially similar circumstances ■ and conditions,within.the meaning of -section 2 of the interstate commerce act of Eebruary 4, 1887, c. 104; and a rebate allowed him by the Baltimore and Ohio road to compensate for cartage to his warehouse is a discrimination against other shippers over that road to whom no rebate is allowed.</p> <p>Whether the same words as used in section 4 of that act have a broader meaning or a wider reach than they do as used in section.2, is not determined.</p>