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WESTERN PACIFIC CO. v. U.S.

No. 287.

268 U.S. 271 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 503

69 L.Ed. 951

WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Francis Williams, with whom Mr. Henry C. Clark was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Merrill E. Otis, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom the Solicitor General was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case, which was heard with Southern Pacific Co. v. United States, ante, p. 263, just decided, is a similar action brought by the Western Pacific Railroad to recover the difference between the land-grant rates and the full tariff rates for the transportation of passengers carried at the request of the Government. The Court of Claims, on its findings of fact, entered judgment dismissing the petition...

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