FORT WORTH AND DENVER RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 16304.

242 F.2d 702 (1957)

FORT WORTH AND DENVER RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Magoffin, Barwise, Magoffin & Carrigan, Fort Worth, Tex., for appellant.

Clayton Bray, Asst. U. S. Atty., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

The Commodity Credit Corporation, an agency of the United States, made shipments under Government bills of lading of cottonseed products to various consignees in Texas over the appellant railway company. These shipments were made under the Emergency Drought Relief Program of 1953 pursuant to 12 U.S.C.A. § 1148a-2(d). The commodities shipped were to be sold as livestock feed to farmers and ranchers at prices which were about one-half of the...

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