Missouri Pacific Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri.
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The Reporter's statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The plaintiff is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri. At the times of the different transactions hereinafter set forth in these findings of fact, the plaintiff operated, and still continues to operate, a system of railways in the State of Missouri and other States, doing business as a carrier of passengers and freights for hire and reward, under tariffs duly filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by it and its connecting lines, with its…
1ConcurrenceGeaham, Judge
I concur in the conclusions reached in this case, but feel constrained to give my views in a manner somewhat differ*350ent and fuller from that contained in the opinion of the court :
In May, June, and August, 191!, the United States, acting through the Quartermaster Corps of the War Department, made shipments of troops with their personal baggage and also a large quantity of company property, or baggage, sometimes termed army impedimenta. The record does not disclose in detail the different kinds or quantity of each articles of impedimenta embraced in the shipment, and only shows the number of…
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