Case Name: UNION PAC. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1949-11-07
Citations: 86 F. Supp. 907
Docket Number: No. 48407
Parties: UNION PAC. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Supplement
Volume: 86
Pages: 907–908

Head Matter:
UNION PAC. R. CO. v. UNITED STATES.
No. 48407.
United States Court of Claims.
Nov. 7, 1949.
Lawrence Cake, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.
L. R. Mehlinger, Washington, D. C., and
H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
It has been stipulated by the parties that the plaintiff is entitled to recover the full amount claimed of $1,803.79 if the court holds that its petition was filed within the statutory limit. Defendant contends that limit is two years; plaintiff says it is six years.
In Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, v. United States, 83 F.Supp. 1012, 113 Ct. Cl. 437, certiorari denied, United States v. Seaboard Airline R. Co., 70 S.Ct. 88, 1949, we held that the general statute of six years was applicable to suits by carriers for mail pay. That case and this case are identical, so far as this question is concerned. Upon the authority of that decision we hold that no part of plaintiff's claim is barred, and that it is entitled to recover the full amount sued for, $1,803,79. Judgment for this amount will be entered.