Seaboard Air Line Railway v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
delivered the opinion of the .court.
Appellant sued in the Court of Claims to recover balances for transportation services originally payable to the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Company, to whose rights it had succeeded through merger or consoli- . dation.. Holding that because of' § 3477, Rev. Stats. (9 Stat. 41, and 10 Stat. 170), appellant could not maintain the action, that court dismissed , its petition.
Section 3477 — “All-transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and…
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