UNION PAC. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 49168.

93 F.Supp. 617 (1950)

UNION PAC. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES.

The United States Court of Claims.

Decided November 7, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Cake, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Raymond A. Negus, Washington, D. C., on the brief.

Lester C. Dibble, Mason City, Iowa, with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., H. G. Morison, for defendant.

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


MADDEN, Judge.

The question is the proper classification for railroad freight charge purposes of a commodity known as Napalm, or Napalm Thickener, a powder developed at the beginning of World War II for use as a thickening agent for gasoline, to make a mixture to be used in incendiary bombs and flame throwers. The plaintiff carried a quantity of Napalm for the Government, and in making up its frieght bill, classified Napalm as Chemicals noibn, the added letters meaning...

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