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GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 45622.

77 F.Supp. 197 (1948)

GRIFFIN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

April 5, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moultrie Hitt, of Washington, D. C. (G. Kibby Munson, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiffs.

D. B. MacGuineas, of Washington, D. C., and John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Armistead B. Rood, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN, and HOWELL, Judges.

LITTLETON, Judge.

The railroad for which the plaintiffs are receivers is a common carrier, and, during the period April 1, 1931, to February 28, 1938, here involved, as such a carrier transported mails for the Government. 39 U.S. C.A. §§ 537-539.

The mails were not transported under special contracts, as had been the practice in earlier times, but were carried under and pursuant to the provisions of the Railway Mail Pay Act of July 28, 1916, 39 Stat...

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