St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company v. United States

DURFEE, Judge.

Plaintiff and connecting lines transported liquid milk in quart fiber cartons-for defendant in 1943, 1944, and 1946 from Healy Station, Illinois to Pensacola, Florida for consumption by personnel at military installations in that area. Plaintiff brings this suit for the benefit of the initial carrier, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, also called the Milwaukee. The intermediate carrier was the Illinois Central.

Prior to May 1943 the defendant had been shipping about two cars of fresh fluid milk daily in passenger baggage service, which milk was…