Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. United States

There are three items involved in the claim in this case, and as to two of them, $3,453.83 and $480.26, with a deduction to be noted, the plaintiff is clearly entitled to recover. These two items represent the difference between 100 per cent land-grant deduction over part of the route and the 50 per cent land-grant deduction which was applicable under the act of October 6, 1917 (40 Stat. 361). This difference has not been paid. The third item, amounting to $2,215.50, presents a different question. The petition alleges that the *87amount claimed in the three items “ has not been paid ”, to…