Don Cartage Company v. United States of America. United States of America v. Don Cartage Company

McALLISTER, Circuit Judge.

The primary issue in this case is whether appellant cartage company contracted with the government to transport an X-ray machine in an interstate shipment from Illinois to Pennsylvania. Appellant sued the government for services in connection with such shipment and also for various other services. It denied that it had agreed to transport the X-ray unit from Chicago to Pennsylvania, asserting that it had contracted only to prepare the property for shipment and to deliver it to a common carrier engaged in interstate transportation. The district court found that…