Union Pacific Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was an action brought by the Union Pacific Railroad Company against the United States to recover compensation alleged to be due for services rendeied from Jan. 1, 1876, to Sept. 30, 1877, in the transportation of the mails over its road, and of the employés accompanying them,.who were charged with sorting, distributing, and deliyering,thóm.
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Appeal from the Court of Claims. This was an action brought by the Union Pacific Railroad Company against the United States to recover compensation alleged to be due for services rendeied from Jan. 1, 1876, to Sept. 30, 1877, in the transportation of the mails over its road, and of the employés accompanying them,.who were charged with sorting, distributing, and deliyering,thóm. The United States traversed the petition of the company, and set up a counterclaim for five per cent upon the amount of the net earnings of the -company’s road from Nov. 6, 1875, to Nov. 6, 1877. The Court of Claims…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
The controversy in • the Court of Claims related to the amount of compensation to which the Union Pacific Bail road Company is entitled for postal services from Jan. 1, 1876, to Oct. 1, 1877. The claim is based upon the sixth section of the act of July 1, 1862, c. 120 (12 Stat. 489), which reads as follows: —
■ “ Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, that the grants' aforesaid are made upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds’ at maturity, and- shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and…
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