Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the fact of the case as found by the court: I. Plaintiff is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Oregon and as such corporation now is, and was during all the times hereinafter mentioned, engaged as a common carrier in the transportation of passengers and freight in and through various States of the United States, and, through connections with other railroad companies, between the points covered…
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the fact of the case as found by the court: I. Plaintiff is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Oregon and as such corporation now is, and was during all the times hereinafter mentioned, engaged as a common carrier in the transportation of passengers and freight in and through various States of the United States, and, through connections with other railroad companies, between the points covered by the transportation services referred to herein. No part of the lines operated by plaintiff were constructed with the…
1Opinion of the CourtDowney, Judge
The plaintiff seeks to recover amounts deducted on account of land grant from bills rendered for transportation of Army officers’ effects, household goods, etc., on change of station, and one item for the transportation on change of *648station of an officer’s authorized mounts. The bills were rendered at commercial rates and the settlements at land-grant rates were protested in writing.
The property involved was in all instances the property of the individual and not of the United States, and it is now to be regarded as settled that such property is not in any sense to be regarded as property of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Seifert v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1917
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1920
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Weathers Bros. Transfer Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1947