Central Pacific Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a corporation organized under the laws of California. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. The claimant is a corporation organized under the laws of California. II. It owned and operated, during the period covered by the petition, 383.67 miles of road which formerly belonged to the following companies, also organized under the statutes of California, all of which, have been, consolidated into the present corporation under the laws of said State: ' MÜ68. 1. California and Oregon Railroad Company. 190.08 2. Western Pacific Railroad Company (nonaided part).. 24.31 3. San Joaquin…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The claimant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California, and during the period of the alleged services in the transportation of the mails, operated on the Pacific coast, including the leased lines, over 10,000 miles of railroad.
The claimant accepted the terms and conditions expressed in the acts of July, 1862, entitled an act to aid in the construction of a railway and telegraph line from the Missouri Eiver to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, and in the acts amendatory thereof approved July…
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