United States v. Union Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court, of Claims. Under the authority of the second section of the act of Congress of March 3,1873,1 the Union Pacific Railroad Company filed its petition in the Court of Claims, alleging that it-had Tendered services to the government in the transportation of the mails, troops, supplies, and public stores of the United States, between the dates of February, 1871, and February, 1874, both inclusive, and praying for judgment that the United States pay the…
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Appeal from the Court, of Claims. Under the authority of the second section of the act of Congress of March 3,1873,1 the Union Pacific Railroad Company filed its petition in the Court of Claims, alleging that it-had Tendered services to the government in the transportation of the mails, troops, supplies, and public stores of the United States, between the dates of February, 1871, and February, 1874, both inclusive, and praying for judgment that the United States pay the company one half part of the amount due for such services, and give credit to the company on account of the bonds issued- by…
1Opinion of the Court
Mb.. Justice Davis
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company, conceding the right of the government to retain one-half of the compensation due it for the transportation of the mails, military and Indian supplies, and apply the same to reimburse the government for interest paid by it on bonds issued to the corporation to aid in the construction of its railroad and telegraph line, seeks to establish. by this suit its' claim to the other moiety. The United States, on the other hand, having paid interest on these bonds in excess of the sums credited to the company for…
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