Railroad Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Court of Claims. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered the opinion of the court.'
The Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad Company brought suit in the Court of Claims for the amount which it asserted to be due for carrying the 'mails between the city of Philadelphia and Chester, from Julyyl, 1873, until March 31, 1877, and recovered a-judgment for what was claimed as to all the time mentioned except the period between July 1, 1873, and December, 1875.
The service was rendered under a contract to carry by rail the mails from Philadelphia to Port Deposit, in the State of Maryland. Part of the road over which they were carried lies…
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