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UNION PACIFIC R'Y CO. v. UNITED STATES

117 U.S. 355 (1886)

UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon for The Union Pacific Railway Company.

Mr. Solicitor General for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

In the case of Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States, 104 U.S. 662, on appeal from the Court of Claims, it was decided that the railroad company, by virtue of the sixth section of the act of July 1, 1862, ch. 120, 12 Stat. 489, 493, was entitled to be paid by the government for services rendered in the transportation of the mails over its road, and of the...

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