WISCONSIN CENTRAL R'D v. UNITED STATES

No. 21.

164 U.S. 190 (1896)

WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 16, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis D. Brandeis for appellant. Mr. Edwin H. Abbot, Mr. Howard Morris, and Mr. William H. Dunbar were on his brief.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellant contends that it was not subject to the eighty per cent rate, and hence that it is entitled to recover both the items disallowed by the Court of Claims; and also that, even if this position be untenable, it should not have been charged with amounts which had already been settled and paid...

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