The fact that the shipper paid part of the money to an expert, who acted for it before the Commission in procuring the reparation, recovery of which is barred by limitations, and has used the remainder for its own purposes, furnishes no equitable defense to the suit for refund. P. 485. 2. Equitable considerations can not justify failure of a carrier to collect, or of a shipper to pay, the tariff charges required by the Interstate Commerce Act. P. 485. 343 Mo. 915; 122 S.W.2d 890, reversed. CERTIORARI, 306 U.S. 625, to review a judgment of the court below, which affirmed a judgment of a circuit court of Missouri for the defendant, in an action brought by the trustees of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company to recover an amount of money which the company had paid to the defendant in pursuance of an order of reparation made by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
These actions are barred by that statute. Plaintiffs cite Baldwin v. Scott County Milling Co., 343 Mo. 915, 122 S.W.2d 890, and Baldwin v. Scott County Milling Co., 307 U.S. 478, 59 S.Ct. 943, 83 L.Ed. 1409, in support of their argument that the present actions are not within the statute. That case originated in the State Court in Missouri.