Case Name: THE JOURNAL & TRIBUNE COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1921-01-24
Citations: 56 Ct. Cl. 470
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE JOURNAL & TRIBUNE COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 470–470

Head Matter:
THE JOURNAL & TRIBUNE COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
[53 C. Cls., 612 ; 254 U. S., 581.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
The amount in controversy in a suit iu the Court of Claims for the purposes of an appeal to this court (Jud. Code, sec. 242) is determined from the petition as amended and is the whole amount claimed without deduction for a partial defense.
Where shipments of newspapers which their owner supposed were going by express at lower rates were, in fact, sent by mail, at higher but legal postal rates, through oversight of his agents, Held, that the United States was under nó implied contract to reimburse him.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice PitNey
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court January 24, 1921.