Legal Opinion
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1923No. 305PublishedCited by 338 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanford
The Railway Company filed its petition, under the Dent Act (March 2, 1919, c. 94, 40 Stat. 1272), to recover compensation for. constructing temporary barracks for the use of United States troops under an “ implied agreement ” alleged to have been entered into by it with the United States, in December, 1917, through Col. Kim-ball, Expeditionary Quartermaster of the War Department, at Locust Point, Baltimore, Maryland, acting under the authority of the Secretary of War. The Court of Claims, after a hearing on the merits, and upon its findings of fact, dismissed the petition. 57 Ct. Clms. 140.
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