Pacific Coast Railroad v. United States

Plaintiff sues to recover freight charges allegedly due on 377 carload shipments of coal transported for defendant during the wartime period from July 15, 1913, to, March 16, 1945, from various points in Canada to Benton, Washington. Defendant counterclaims for sums allegedly overpaid.

The sole question is the defendant’s entitlement to reduced rates by virtue of the land-grant equalization agreement entered into by plaintiff. If the defendant be so entitled, it must recover $26.15 on its counterclaim; if not, plaintiff must recover $17,315.71, the difference between its share of the unreduced…