Case Name: THE UNITED STATES v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1919-03-31
Citations: 54 Ct. Cl. 191
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE UNITED STATES v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 54
Pages: 191–192

Head Matter:
THE UNITED STATES v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
[52 C. Cls., 226 ; 249 U. S., 354.]
Judgment was delivered in favor of the plaintiff company in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
The term “ troops of the United States,” as used in land grant acts and in the agreement of the Union Pacific Company, in relation to transportation for the Government, held not to embrace any of the following classes of persons when traveling separately and not as part of a moving body or detachment of soldiers, viz: Discharged soldiers, discharged military prisoners, and rejected applicants for enlistment; applicants for enlistment, previously accepted, but subject to final examination and not sworn in; retired enlisted men; and ful-lougbed soldiers en route back to tbeir stations.

Opinion:
Mr. Jttstioe BraNdeis
delivered the opinion of the Court March 31, 1919.