Southern Railway Co. v. United States

In 1933 petitioner, a common carrier, entered into a “Ereight-Land-Grant Equalization Agreement” with the Quartermaster General, acting for the United States. This agreement was made under the authority of § 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act. 24 Stat. 387, 49 U. S. C. § 22. So far as material here, petitioner agreed “to accept for the transportation of property shipped for account of the Government of the United States and for which the Government of the United States is lawfully entitled to reduced rates over land-grant roads, the lowest net rates lawfully available, as derived through…