Florida Central & Peninsula Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Claimant is a corporation duly created and organized under the laws of the State of Florida for the purpose of transporting passengers and freight by railway. II. During the month of August, 1898, said claimant entered into a contract with the United States as follows: “ August 13th, ’98 — 10.45 a. m.
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The Reporters'1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Claimant is a corporation duly created and organized under the laws of the State of Florida for the purpose of transporting passengers and freight by railway. II. During the month of August, 1898, said claimant entered into a contract with the United States as follows: “ August 13th, ’98 — 10.45 a. m. “ From-to Major Williams, c/o A. O. Mac- Donnell, Fernandina: “ We respectfully submit the following bid for movement of troops from Fernandina to Pluntsville, Ala.: “ Eate per capita for…
1Opinion of the Court
Peelle, Ch. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claim herein arises out of the deduction made by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department — in their settlement with the claimant for other services — for the value *578of certain military equipment consisting of rifles, revolvers, haversacks, canteens, etc., lost or destroyed while in transit over the tracks of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company under a contract between the Government and the claimant herein for the transportation of the 69th Regiment N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, its camp equipage and impedimenta from…
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