Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad v. United States

This case is before the court on a demurrer to the petition, on the ground that it does not allege facts which constitute* a cause of action against the United States.

It is alleged in the petition as follows:

Plaintiff owns and operates as a common carrier a railroad: line in Georgia extending from Macon to Vidalia and in.* *252addition certain trackage rights, in all more than 50 but less than 100 miles in extent. It was required under the act of July 28, 1916, 39 Stat. 412, 429, to transport the mails. Under the authority of that act the Interstate Commerce Commission fixed and determined, by an…