Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAR FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve questions relating to the amount which the United States can be charged for transportation over a land grant railway, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The appellant, the Southern Pacific Company, operates under a lease a line of road from San Francisco, via Rose-ville Junction, to Portland. The line to Roseville Junction, a distance óf 108.03 miles, was built as part of the main line extending from San Francisco to Ogden, Utah, by the Central Pacific Railroad Company under an act of Congress of July 1, 1862 (12'Stat. 489). By § 6 of that act the land grants for the construction of the road were made '5 upon condition that said company . . . shall at all times . . . transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies, and public stores…
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