Case Name: NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1921-10
Citations: 57 Ct. Cl. 597
Docket Number: 
Parties: NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 597–597

Head Matter:
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
[55 C. Cls. 536; 258 U. S. 32.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
A railroad after accepting and transporting without protest a shipment of gold in mail sacks consigned by the Treasury Department, and after receiving the amount fixed by readjustment for carrying mail matter under its contract therefor, has no claim for additional pay for carrying the gold and attendant railway mail guards, whether the shipment was properly mail matter and the requirements of the statute concerning postal service were technically complied with or not.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court February 27, 1922.