GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 382-59.

312 F.2d 906 (1963)

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 11, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer B. Trousdale, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff.

John Charles Ranney, Washington, D. C., with whom was Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph D. Guilfoyle, for defendant.


DURFEE, Judge.

In this case plaintiff, a common carrier by railroad, seeks to recover $24,474.90 in demurrage charges from the Government for the detention of 569 rail carloads of ammunition for cannon and other munitions during the period July 17, 1950, to October 14, 1950. These 569 Government-owned shipments moved under Government bills of lading from other states to Gold Bar, Washington, during the period in question.

Initially, the 569 shipments were...

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