Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. United States

Concerning the services rendered by the claimants to the defendants, the petition in this case contains the following allegations :

“At the request of the Government of the United States, to wit, of the War Department, this petitioning corporation transported, on and over its said railroad, for said Government, between March 31, 1874, and April 1, 1875, freight, for the *297transportation of which said Government promised to pay the sum of fifty-six thousand one hundred and fifty-nine dollars and sixty-two cents, ($56,159.62,) and passengers, for whose transportation said Government promised to…