Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The court, after finding an unpaid balance due the claimant for mail-transportation service up to April 17,1861, of $4,622.85, found the following facts in relation to the discontinuance of the mail service by the United States and the assumption of it by the Confederate government: The following general orders discontinuing the postal service in Southern and border States were issured by the Postmaster-General, under authority of the…
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe case: The court, after finding an unpaid balance due the claimant for mail-transportation service up to April 17,1861, of $4,622.85, found the following facts in relation to the discontinuance of the mail service by the United States and the assumption of it by the Confederate government: The following general orders discontinuing the postal service in Southern and border States were issured by the Postmaster-General, under authority of the act of Congress approved February 28, 1861 (12 Stat. L., 177, 178): “Postal service southern section. “ Mat 27th, 1861. “…
1Opinion of the CourtScofield, J.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Eailroad Company, the claimant, carried the United States mail from 1859 to June 1, 1861. The service was all within the State of Virginia. There was no express contract, but the company was allowed and paid down to January 1, 1861, at the rate of $21,408.33 a year.
In this suit the claimant seeks to recover' compensation at that rate from January 1, 1861, to June 1,1861.
The case - comes to this court by transmission by the Postmaster-General under section 1063 of the Eevised Statutes.
We will first consider the claimant’s right to recover under the provision of the Act…
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