Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The case was stated by the court as follows: The petitioner, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway' Company, is a corporation formed under the laws of Wisconsin, and owns and operates several lines of railway in that State, and in the States of Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, and in the Territory of Dakota.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The case was stated by the court as follows: The petitioner, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway' Company, is a corporation formed under the laws of Wisconsin, and owns and operates several lines of railway in that State, and in the States of Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, and in the Territory of Dakota. In 1879 it entered into sundry contracts with the Post-Office Department to transport the mails of the United States over its lines, on specially designated routes, at rates fixed under the acts of Congress óf March 3, 1873, June 12, 1876, and June 17,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
The deductions from the compensation claimed by the railway company for its failure to make the trips required, that is, to render the service stipulated, of which it complains, were made by. the Postmaster General under § 3962 of the Revised Statutes, which is as follows:
“ The Postmaster General may make deductions from the pay of contractors, for failures to perform service according to contract, and impose fines upon them for other delinquencies. He may deduct the price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed; and not exceeding three times the price, if the failure be…
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