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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. P. RY. CO. V. UNITED STATES, 267 U. S. 403 (1925)

267 U. S. 403

U.S. Supreme Court

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. P. Ry. Co. v. United States, 267 U.S. 403 (1925)

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company v. United States

No. 83

Argued December 4, 1924

Decided March 2, 1925

267 U.S. 403

Syllabus

A railroad company which made out and presented freight bills to the government for net transportation charges after making land grant deductions, and accepted without protest payment of the amount so claimed, held not entitled to recover upon the ground that the government should not have been allowed the deductions.

58 Ct.Cls. 33 affirmed.

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims rejecting the Railroad's claim for transportation of freight.


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