Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. United States

DONOVAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41 (20) [now § 1346] on behalf of itself and connecting common carriers by rail, to recover the balance claimed to be due for transportation of twenty-eight carloads of freight which moved to points on its line during October, 1944, and June and July, 1945, from points of origin on lines of plaintiff and connecting carriers.

The complaint discloses that the shipments on which the plaintiff’s claim is based were transported to named points of destination pursuant to stated terms and shipping instructions…