Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of the case: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. Claimant is a corporation incorporated under tbe laws of tbe State of Alabama, and owns and operates a line of railroad extending from Meridian, in tbe State of Mississippi, to Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, and passing through the States of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, and is engaged in the transportation thereon of passengers and…
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On the Proofs. The Reporter's statement of the case: Tbe following are tbe facts of tbe case as found by tbe court: I. Claimant is a corporation incorporated under tbe laws of tbe State of Alabama, and owns and operates a line of railroad extending from Meridian, in tbe State of Mississippi, to Chattanooga, in the State of Tennessee, and passing through the States of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee, and is engaged in the transportation thereon of passengers and property for hire. The said railroad is a land-grant road, the grant of land to the State of Alabama to aid in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Chief Justice,
delivered tbe opinion of the court:
Tbe claimant, Alabama Great Southern Eailroad Co., is a land-grant road by virtue of tbe act of June 3, 1856, 11 Stat. L., 17, which, among other things, provides, by section 3 thereof:
“ Tbe said railroads shall be and remain public railways for tbe use of tbe Government of tbe United States, free from tolls or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of tbe United States.”
It transported under proper requisitions parts of the National Guard belonging to tbe Organized Militia of tbe States of Alabama and…
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