Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THU COURT OF CLAIMS. Appeal from the Court of Claims where the judgment was against the claimant. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The plaintiff, the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, seeks in this action to recover the sum of $5915.80, which is alleged, to be the balance due on a written contract executed July 10th, 1858, between the United States and the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad Company, an Alabama corporation, whereby that corporation was to receive for transporting the mail between Selma and Taladega, in that State, the sum of $12,000 per year, payable quarterly, for the term commencing July 1, 1858, and ending May 31st, 1862. By that contract the Postmaster General was authorized to dispense-with…
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