Norfolk Southern Railroad v. United States

The plaintiff company in September and October, 1916, upon lawful requests therefor, transported 3,206 enlisted men and officers of the Army from Camp Glenn, N. C., to Fort Bliss, Tex. The plaintiff on its own initiative presented to the disbursing quartermaster of the Army its bill for this transportation service. In this bill as thus presented the plaintiff asked pay at the rate of $43.71 for each individual carried, and the disbursing officer paid the same in full, viz: $140,134.26. Some time later the disbursing officer contended that he had made an error in allowing and paying this…