Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. Claimant is a body corporate, duly incorporated under the laws of the States of Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, and from a time long prior to July 1, 1906, it has owned and operated, among other railway properties, a line of railway between Kansas City and St. Louis, in the State of Missouri; a line between Kansas City and Atchison, in the State of Kansas; and a line…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. Claimant is a body corporate, duly incorporated under the laws of the States of Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska, and from a time long prior to July 1, 1906, it has owned and operated, among other railway properties, a line of railway between Kansas City and St. Louis, in the State of Missouri; a line between Kansas City and Atchison, in the State of Kansas; and a line between Kansas City and Ottawa, in the State of Kansas, upon all of which lines its mail and passenger trains, jointly…
1Opinion of the CourtBaeNey, J.
The only question in this case for decision is the interpretation to be given to the words “handling and storing,” contained in section 1186 of the Postal Laws and Begula-tions, such regulations being a part of the contract between the parties to this suit.
It is the contention of the plaintiff that the words quoted mean only the storing of the mail pouches as they arrive at the depot waiting for transfer upon a different route and the necessary handling of such pouches in bulk and unbroken, and do not include space for the sorting and distributing of mails as they arrive at the depot over…
2Cited by1 opinion
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