St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico Railway Co. v. United States

Campbell, 0 hief Justice,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The claim here is for two items, one for $1,407.30 and the other for $2,070.40. The facts show that the transportation furnished by the plaintiff for which the claim of the first item is made was performed in January, 1917. The petition was filed June 6, 1923, more than six years after rendition of the service and the accrual of the plaintiff’s right of action. B. & O. Railroad Co. case, 52 C. Cls. 468.

As to the other item of $2,070.40, the defendant contends that this amount was included in the claim for which petition was filed in…