Union Pacific R. Co. v. United States

JONES, Chief Judge.

The jeep, having been everywhere else, is now in court.

This case turns on whether the wartime jeep was primarily a passenger or a freight vehicle. The rates for transportation of the two classifications are different, the rate for the passenger classification being the higher.

The Official, Southern and Western Classification Committees, covering the entire country for the railroads, published the classification of the jeep as a passenger motor vehicle.

The War Department at first paid at passenger rates, but later obj ected and paid on a freight cargo basis, charging back…