Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States

'¡Mr. Justice BuTLER

delivered the opinion of the Court.. Appellant ¡brought this action, October 29, 1917, to re-. cover the- amounts by which freight charges on certain materials transported over its railroad were reduced; by the application qf government land-grant rates. All the freight was transported on government bills of lading and moved in, whole or in part by the use of appellant’s land-aided lines, of railroad. The shipments, including coal, sand, cement, piling and lúmber, were made in the years 1909 to 1916, inclusive. Some of appellant’s lines of railroads were constructed by the…