Court of Claims, 1953

Western Pacific Railroad

Western Pacific Railroad
Court of Claims · Decided December 1, 1953
126 Ct. Cl. 949
Western Pacific Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Government contract; transportation of jeeps. Following the decision in Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States, 121 C. Cls. 467, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment was granted, in an opinion per curiam, as follows:

On the authority of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. United States, 121 C. Cls. 467, plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to the extent that it asks for an adjudication that the jeeps herein involved should be classified and rated as passenger motor vehicles, is granted.
Entry of judgment is suspended pending the filing of a report by the General Accounting Office and the disposition of the issues relating to the proper amount to be paid to the plaintiff for the transportation services involved in this action.
It is so ordered.

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