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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 239.

272 U.S. 445 (1926)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 22, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Harr, with whom Mr. Charles H. Bates was on the brief, for the petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner brought suit in the Court of Claims to recover for the transportation over its lines of several shipments of military impedimenta, made by the War Department in 1916 and 1917. The court allowed recovery for five items and denied recovery for certain others, which are alone the subject of controversy here. This Court granted certiorari. 270 U.S. 103, 107; § 3(b) Act...

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