Evansville v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. Tbe claimant, a corporation, operated continuously from December 1, 1886, to July 1, 1S88, a railroad running from Evansville to Washington, Ind., which was designated as mail route No. 22026, over which the claimant contracted to carry the mails of the United States for the period and at the compensation fixed in the following order: “1884, Sept. 4, No. 14060. Pay the…
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. Tbe claimant, a corporation, operated continuously from December 1, 1886, to July 1, 1S88, a railroad running from Evansville to Washington, Ind., which was designated as mail route No. 22026, over which the claimant contracted to carry the mails of the United States for the period and at the compensation fixed in the following order: “1884, Sept. 4, No. 14060. Pay the Indianapolis and Evansville Railway Company quarterly, for carrying the mail between Washington and Evansville, Ind., from…
1Opinion of the CourtPbelle, J.
The findings present the question as to whether the claimant is entitled to recover the difference between $42.75 and $56.43 per mile per annum for transporting the mails of the United States from Evansville to Washington, Ind., a distance of 57.70 miles, from January 1,1887, to July 1, 1888.
The road as originally constructed was operated between Evansville and Washington, and was designated as postal route No. 22026, over which the claimant contracted to carry the mails at $42.75 per mile per annum from July 1,1884, to June 30, 1887, “subject to future orders and to fines and deductions.”
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