Legal Opinion
United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 1, 1926No. 4322PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.
The Western Union Telegraph Company, plaintiff below, sued the United States Shipping Board Emergency Meet Corporation for the sum of $1,407.59, with interest, being the unpaid difference between the government rate and the commercial rate on messages transmitted by the telegraph company for the Fleet. Corporation during the months of June and July, 1922. From a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant Shipping Board has appealed.
The ease turns upon the construction of section 5266, Rev. Stat. U. S. (Comp. St. § 10075), as follows: “Telegrams between the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- South Carolina v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- US Bank v. PLANTERS'BANKSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Hall v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
- United States v. StrangSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Skinner & Eddy CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1928
- Hogrefe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1929
- United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Delaware County, Pa.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1927
- United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Delaware County, Pa.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1927