Case Name: THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1910-04-04
Citations: 45 Ct. Cl. 611
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 611–612

Head Matter:
THE CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS AND OMAHA RAILWAY COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
[Not reported in C. CIS. R.;
217 U. S. R., 180.]
On the claimant's appeal.
The claimant, a land-grant road, seeks to recover $40,000 under a contract for carrying the mails. The Court of Claims reduces the amount to $3,389.33 on the authority of Astoria <& Columbia River Railway Company v. The United States (41 C. Cls. B., 284) holding that the power reserved to Congress in the land-grant Act was over the property and not alone over the company which owned it, and that it attaches to all the uses of the property.

Opinion:
The decision of the court below is affirmed on the same ground.
Mr. Justice McKenna
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court April 4, 1910.