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MARION, & c., RY. v. UNITED STATES

No. 315.

270 U.S. 280 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 253

70 L.Ed. 585

MARION & RYE VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ben B. Cain and Milton C. Elliott, for appellant.

Mr. A.A. McLaughlin, Solicitor of the United States Railroad Administration, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Sidney F. Andrews were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Victor A. Remy and Milton C. Elliott filed briefs as amici curiae, by special leave of Court.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Marion & Rye Valley Railway Company, a shortline railroad, brought this suit in the Court of Claims to recover $14,425.94 as compensation for the alleged taking possession and use by the United States of its railroad during the period beginning December 28, 1917 and ending June 29, 1918. That sum is the amount which, on September 30, 1922, a board of referees appointed by the Interstate Commerce Commission...

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