Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. United States

This case arises out of certain land-grant deductions made by the accounting officers of the Government in settlements with the plaintiff extending over a period from some time in the year 1914 into the year 1917, for “ penny scrip ” books and “ mileage ” books obtained by the representatives of the defendant from the agents of the plaintiff with the coupons of which tickets for transportation were secured over the plaintiff’s lines either in whole or in part. The said books were paid for according to the usual custom existing, and which had existed for many years, by the representative of…