Great Northern Railway Co. v. United States

Plaintiff, a common carrier by railroad, seeks to recover $47,035.01 in freight charges for transporting a number of carload shipments of military poison gas (lewisite and mustard gas) for defendant from origins in Colorado, Arkansas, Utah and Alabama to Mukilteo and Tulalip, Washington, during the period January 9,1943, through October 17,1944.

During this period, plaintiff and its connecting carriers, at defendant’s request, performed the rail transportation services for defendant herein involved by moving certain articles described on Government bills of lading, variously, as follows:

Gas,…