Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims rejecting the claim of a railroad company for balances due for transportation of soldiers for the United States. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
On several occasions in 1914 and 1915 the railway company at the request of the United States furnished transportation from one State to another for officers and enlisted men in the United States Army. In each instance a through individual rate from the initial point to the destination was in force, and also individual rates to and from intermediate points. In no instance was there a through party rate; but in all there was a party rate for a part only of the distance. This situation was shown in schedules regularly filed and posted under the Interstate Commerce Act. In two instances the…
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