End date 1914 | ||
Full case name Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company Citations 235 U.S. 371 (more)
35 S. Ct. 131; 59 L. Ed. 275; 1914 U.S. LEXIS 978 | ||
Berwind-White Coal Mining Company v. Chicago and Erie Railroad Company, 235 U.S. 371 (1914), was a United States Supreme Court case involving a suit over demurrage of an Erie Railroad car used by Berwind-White Coal Mining Company to transport coal. The Court asserted that the filing of rates with the Interstate Commerce Commission complied with the notice requirements of the Act to Regulate Commerce and the point of reconsignment was clear under the company's usual practice for many years.
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