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CONNECTICUT RAILWAY AND LIGHTING CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 595-53.

142 F.Supp. 907 (1956)

CONNECTICUT RAILWAY AND LIGHTING COMPANY v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Sheppard, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. J. Marvin Haynes, N. Barr Miller, F. Eberhart Haynes, Oscar L. Tyree, and Haynes & Miller, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Walter B. Langley, Washington, D. C., with whom was Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant. Andrew D. Sharpe, Washington, D. C., was on the brief.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.

MADDEN, Judge.

In 1906 the plaintiff leased certain gas and electric properties to The Consolidated Railway Company for a term of 999 years. In the lease the lessee covenanted to pay all the taxes which might be imposed upon the lessor in relation to the leased property. By reason of subsequent transfers, subleases, and a merger, the lessee's interest came into the ownership of a company, herein called the Power Company...

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