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Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co. v. United States, 255 U.S. 339 (1921)
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Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co. v. United States, 255 U.S. 339 (1921)
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company v. United States No. 134 Argued January 13, 1921 Decided March 7, 1921 255 U.S. 339
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS
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1. Personal property of army officers, transported for them, when changing stations, on government bill of lading at government expense, pursuant to army regulation is not property of the United States within the meaning of the railroad land grant acts, and is not entitled to the special freight rates which those acts allow to the government. P. 344.
2. Where a railroad company for a long period, exceeding the period of the statute of limitation, made a uniform practice of charging on its books and billing and collecting the reduced land grant rates for transportation of property of army officers on which it was entitled to claim the higher commercial rates, acquiescing without protest in the practice and decision of government official which treated the property as public property to which the lower rates were applicable, held that its conduct was inconsistent with any intention to reserve it right to more than it collected, and that it could not recover more in the Court of Claims. P. 345.
54 Ct.Clms. 131 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co. v. United States, 255 U.S. 339 (1921) in 255 U.S. 339 255 U.S. 342. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PJF6Q8M7VB82ZEL.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co. v. United States, 255 U.S. 339 (1921), in 255 U.S. 339, page 255 U.S. 342. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PJF6Q8M7VB82ZEL.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Oregon-Washington R. & Navigation Co. v. United States, 255 U.S. 339 (1921). cited in 1921, 255 U.S. 339, pp.255 U.S. 342. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PJF6Q8M7VB82ZEL.
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