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ST. LOUIS, ETC., RAILROAD v. U.S.

No. 229.

267 U.S. 346 (1925)

ST. LOUIS, KENNETT & SOUTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.S. Ashbaugh, with whom Mr. G.B. Webster was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Sidney F. Andrews and Mr. A.A. McLaughlin, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims which dismissed the petition on demurrer. The plaintiff owns a short-line railroad which it operated, but which is alleged to have been under federal control from January 1 to July 1, 1918. The suit was brought to recover, for that period, amounts representing the deficit in operating income, under maintenance of way and equipment charges, and the rental...

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