Union Transfer Co. v. United States

This is a suit to recover from the Government additional amounts to which the plaintiffs claim they are entitled for transporting explosives for the Government by truck.

Four of the plaintiffs are Nebraska corporations. The fifth, John E. Neylon, is an individual doing business under a trade name. All are in the trucking business, and hold certificates of public convenience and necessity issued by the Nebraska State Railway Commission authorizing them to transport freight over the highways of Nebraska as common carriers, solely within the State.

The plaintiffs transported for the Government…