Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. v. United States

Citations

• 217 U.S. 180
• 30 S. Ct. 470
• 54 L. Ed. 721
• 1910 U.S. LEXIS 1952

Syllabus

<p>The acts of May 15,1856, e. 28,11 Stat. 9; March 3,1857, c. 99,11 Stkt, 195, and § 13 of the act of July 12,1876, c. 179,19 Stat. 78, providing that mails should be transported over railroads constructed in whole or in part by aid of land grants at eighty per cent of the authorized price, apply to such transportation by companies which; carry the mail over a leased line which was partly constructed by such aid, although the transporting company itself received no land grant aid from the Government.</p> <p>A court does not overlook contentions advanced which are necessarilji-untrue if the proposition upon which its decision rests is true. The statement of such proposition answers opposing contentions. .</p> <p>The reduction in mail service which the Government exacts in return for land grants for building railroads attaches to all tracks including those subsequently built, and to all companies operating there-over.</p> <p>43 C. Cl. 595, affirmed; 41 C. Cl. 518, approved.</p>