COMMERCIAL CARRIERS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 48571, 48599.

127 F.Supp. 197 (1955)

COMMERCIAL CARRIERS, Inc. v. The UNITED STATES. UNITED TRANSPORTS, Inc. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold G. Hernly, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs. Wrape, & Hernly and Louis I. Dailey, Memphis, Tenn., were on the briefs.

Paris T. Houston, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., Warren E. Burger, for defendant.

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


JONES, Chief Judge.

The issue in each of these cases is what rate should be paid to the plaintiff for the transportation of jeeps. The plaintiffs are motor carriers.

In the Commercial Carriers case there is the added issue of whether that company is entitled to additional compensation for loading and unloading the cargo.

The jeeps were transported for the War Department during the year 1942.

Both plaintiffs operated during the period involved...

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