Southern Pacific Co. v. United States

The land-grant Act of July 25, 1866, and compliance with it constitute a contrast.1 This case calls for construction of a provision in § 5.2 The Court of Claims sustained the government's deduction on account of land-grant mileage that is not included in or possibly attributable to the railroad over which the shipments moved. The inclusion, as a part of the aided railroad, of 275.6 miles of the Cascade Route between Springfield Junction, Oregon.and Black Butte, California, is not permissible

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*403under the terms of the contract, nor is computation of the land-grant deduction from charges for…