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ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R. v. U.S.

No. 248.

265 U.S. 209 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 485

68 L.Ed. 983

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin Carter for appellant.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question in the case is whether, in certain shipments of property for use by the United States, title to the property passed at the place of shipment or at the place of delivery. Or to state the question another way, whether the shipments while in transit were the property of the United States and properly transported at land-grant rates, or did not become the property of the United States until after receipt...

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