Court of Claims, 1928

Shofstall Hay & Grain Co. v. United States

Court of Claims · Decided May 28, 1928 · Booth, Graham, Green, Moss, Ohief

65 Ct. Cl. 653; 1928 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 394; 1928 WL 3007

Counsel

Mr. Robert T. Scott for the plaintiff. Messrs. Frank Davis, jr., and William D. Harris were on the brief., Messrs. John, E. Hoover and Charles F. Kincheloe, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General Herman J. Galloway, for the defendant. Mr. McClure Kelley was on the brief.

Opinion of the Court

Moss, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.:

This case was submitted with the cases of Dyer & Company v. United, States, B-119, and Albert Miller et al. v. United States, B-121, on the evidence taken in the three cases. The opinion in the Miller ease, decided as of this date, is appli*662cable to the questions involved in the instant case. Plaintiff is entitled to recover as follows:

On weight shortages_$2, 541.19

Total rejections_'- 10, 285.64

Deductions for minimum car weights- 265.67

Reconsigning charges_ 45.32

Demurrage deductions- 80.34

Underallowanee on freight- 122.12

Repricing and regrading- 3, 644. 59

Total_ 16,984.87

And it is so ordered.

GREEN, Judge; Graham, Judge; and Booth, Ohief Justice, concur.

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