Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reforters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On November 20, 1897, there were loaded on a freight car of the claimant, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, by employees of the United States Government at the Pensacola Navy-Yard a number of articles belonging to the Government and in custody of the officials at the yard.
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The Reforters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On November 20, 1897, there were loaded on a freight car of the claimant, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, by employees of the United States Government at the Pensacola Navy-Yard a number of articles belonging to the Government and in custody of the officials at the yard. The car stood on the track of the Pensacola Electric Terminal Company, an electrical trolley line extending from .Fort Barrancas by way of the navy-yard to Pensacola, and there connecting with the railroad of…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The claimant herein seeks a recovery for money earned in the transportation of freight which was withheld by the United States by way of reimbursement for the loss of certain property which was burned while in the depot of claimant at Pensacola, Fla., in November, 1897.
The goods for which the deduction was made were, on November 20, 1897, loaded by the defendants’ officers at the Pensacola Navy-Yard on a freight car of the claimant standing on the track of the Pensacola Electric Terminal Company, which extended from Fort Barrancas by way of the navy-yard to Pensacola and there connected with…
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