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SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. V. UNITED STATES, 256 U. S. 655 (1921)
256 U. S. 655U.S. Supreme Court
Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. United States, 256 U.S. 655 (1921)
Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. United States
No. 62
Argued March 16, 1920
Restored to docket for reargument November 15, 1920
Reargued April 12, 1921
Decided June 6, 1921
256 U.S. 655
Syllabus
Section 3477 of the Revised Statutes, forbidding all transfer and assignments of any claim upon the United States before its allowance, etc., was intended to prevent frauds upon the Treasury, and does not apply to a transfer resulting from the consolidation of two railroad corporations whereby, pursuant to their agreement and the laws of their respective states, the rights, franchises, property, and choses in action of each are transferred to and become vested in the consolidated corporation. P. 256 U. S. 656.
53 Ct.Clms. 107 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.