Legal Opinion
Marion & Rye Valley Railway Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1926No. 315PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The Marion & Rye Valley Railway Company, a short-line railroad, brought this suit in the Court of Claims to recover $14,425.94 as compensation for the alleged taking possession and use by the United States of its railroad during the period beginning December 28, 1917 and ending June 29, 1918. That sum is the amount which, on September 30, 1922, a board of referees appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to § 3 of the Federal Control Act, March 21, 1918, c. 25, 40 Stat. 451, 454, found to be just. The application for the…
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