Goltra v. United States

This is a suit brought by the plaintiff to recover the sum of $33,828, which is the difference between the less-than-carload rate of $0,435 per hundred pounds and the carload rate of $0,155 per hundred pounds for the transportation of 5,000 tons of cement from Hannibal, Missouri, to Caseyville or Paducah, Kentucky.

The plaintiff was paid $0,155 per hundred pounds for transporting 3,120 tons of cement from Hannibal to Casey-ville or Paducah.

The plaintiff entered into two contracts with the United States dated August 15 and September 23, 1922. These contracts -were verbal, but confirmed by…