Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 19, 1961No. 592-57PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWitataker, Judge
Plaintiff sues the defendant in the first count of its petition for freight charges admittedly due and unpaid. In the second count it sues for damages it suffered as the result of the explosion of tanks of anhydrous ammonia, a part of an ice plant, which it was transporting for defendant from Ogden, Utah, to Seattle, Washington.
On August 21, 1951, defendant delivered to plaintiff, a common carrier, a shipment of Government freight described on the bill of lading as “12 Bx Machinery NOIBN1 (ice plant) ”, for shipment by rail from Ogden, Utah, to Seattle, Washington. The shipment contained…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Thompson Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. PiperSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. California · 1978
- William A. Smith Contracting Co. v. Missouri Pacific RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
- Hopson v. TriplettDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1974