Yazoo & Mississippi Valley 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, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee, and owns and operates, and at the times hereinafter mentioned did own and operate as a common carrier, a system of railways in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
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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, the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, is a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee, and owns and operates, and at the times hereinafter mentioned did own and operate as a common carrier, a system of railways in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee. It is a subsidiary of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, but it is separately operated. II. June 6, 1916, Government bill of lading…
1Per curiam
The court does not hold that a railroad company, by issuing or publishing a rate or filing a tariff, can nullify the land-grant laws. We have held, however, that where the Government contracts with reference to a particular service it is bound by its contract. Bush, Rec’r, v. United States, 52 C. Cls., 199. In the instant case the stipulated facts show that plaintiff had published the rates it would charge for the special and expedited service, which was subsequently ordered and rendered. The rates were not published to the public, and the particular service was not required by or applicable…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bush v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1917
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