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SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. U.S.

No. 339.

285 U.S. 240 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 324

76 L.Ed. 736

SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles H. Bates for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Rugg, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, and Messrs. Claude R. Branch and H. Brian Holland were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner operates a railway system comprising certain lines of railroad constructed with the aid of Congressional grants of public lands. During the years 1920-1923, both inclusive, the company, upon transportation requests issued by the War Department, the Navy Department, and the Marine Corps of the United States, transported military prisoners and their guards; officers of the reserve corps traveling...

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