United States v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The court stated the case as follows : This Was a petition by the appellee to recover certain sums, amounting to $4620.74-, alleged to- be due it for' the carriage of mails which had been deducted from what was claimed to be its proper compensation by the order of the Postmaster General. There was also a counter claim by the United States for over-payments. The facts found by the.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The court stated the case as follows : This Was a petition by the appellee to recover certain sums, amounting to $4620.74-, alleged to- be due it for' the carriage of mails which had been deducted from what was claimed to be its proper compensation by the order of the Postmaster General. There was also a counter claim by the United States for over-payments. The facts found by the. Court of Claims were substantially as follows : Claimant is a, corporation organized under the laws of Alabama, and operates a railroad running southwest from Chattanooga, Tennessee,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case depends upon the construction to be given to .section 13 of the act of July 12, 1876, which reads as follows:
“ Section 13. That railroad companies, whose railroad was constructed in whole or in part by a land grant made by Congress on the condition that the mails should be transported over their road at such price as Congress should by law-direct, shall receive only eighty per centum of the compensation authorized by this act.” As it is admitted that the construction of so much of this road as lay within the States of Alabama and Mississippi, amounting to 263.85 miles, was aided by…
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