Houston & Texas Central Railroad v. United States

The facts found by the court are reviewed in the opinion.

This case was referred to Ewart W. Hobbs as special com- ■ missioner for an ascertainment and report of the facts, and he has reported them, to which there is no exception by either party, and the report of the special commissioner made and filed on the 3d day of November, 1927, is ratified and confirmed by the court.

It appears from the fd,cts reported, as aforesaid, that at various times during the year 1917 the War Department of the United States, upon bills of lading, shipped as freight certain Army impedimenta from various points in…