Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. United States

*372MEMORANDUM BY THE COURT

1. The several items claimed, as set forth in Finding VIII, are not recoverable where the bills were rendered to disbursing officers and payments by him were received. See Oregon-Washington R. & N. Co., 255 U. S. 339; 54 C. Cls. 131; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. case, 52 C. Cls. 468.

2. The deductions made by the auditor on account of combinations of fares, namely, $1,780.89 (Finding IX), were proper. The' military arrangements of 1916 and 1917 provided that any party fare used to or from basing points should be authorized as a through party fare. The Southeastern Joint…