Legal Opinion
Union Pac. R. Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 7, 1953No. 49505PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWELL, Judge.
This is an action to recover sums alleged to be due plaintiff, a common carrier by railroad, for transportation charges on a number of shipments of articles carried for the defendant in 1945 from various points in the United States and Canada to other points in the United States. The charges were billed by plaintiff on the basis of classification of the articles as “Bombs or mines” under Item 1820 of Consolidated Freight Classification No. 16, 1 and were originally paid by defendant as billed.
Subsequently, upon audit of the bills by the General Accounting Office, overpayments…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Bernstein Bros. Pipe & MacHinery Co. v. Denver & R.G.W.R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- Union Pacific Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
- Lakewood Engineering Co. v. New York Cent. R.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
3Cited by7 opinions
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- The Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- Union Pacific Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Grassie v. Merrimack Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1972
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