Duval v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Previously to February 29, 1884, the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Company operated a railroad from Waldo to Wildwood, in Florida, constructed in part by land grant made by Congress on condition that the mails should be transported over the road at such price as Congress should by law direct (11 Stat. L., 15), and said company carried the mails…
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On the Proofs. The Reporters1 statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. Previously to February 29, 1884, the Florida Transit and Peninsular Railroad Company operated a railroad from Waldo to Wildwood, in Florida, constructed in part by land grant made by Congress on condition that the mails should be transported over the road at such price as Congress should by law direct (11 Stat. L., 15), and said company carried the mails over said road under orders of the Postmaster-General, the route having Department designation No. 16011. II. Prior to…
1Opinion of the Court
Richardson, Oh. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions of law arising upon the findings of fact in this case involve the right of set;off' and counter-claim by the defendants for money erroneously paid out by public officers in settlements of accounts, and also the conclusiveness of the balances stated by the accounting officer of the Treasury.
Mail route No. 16011 extends from Waldo to Wildwood in Florida, over a railroad aided by grant of lands under the act of May 17, 1856, ch. 31 (11 Stat. L., 15), subject to the provision that the United States mail shall be transported over…
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