James Clark McReynolds

“ And as appellant voluntarily accepted and performed the service with knowledge of what the United States intended to pay, it cannot now claim an implied contract for a greater sum. It may be that any railroad by failing to carry the mails would incur the hostility of those living along its lines and as a consequence suffer serious financial losses; but the fear of such results certainly does not amount to compulsion by the United States and cannot constitute the basis of a justiciable claim against them for taking property. ”

“ Eastern R. R. Co. v. United States, 129 U.S. 391, 394, 9 Sup. Ct. 320, 32 L. Ed. 730; Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States, 225 U.S. 640, 650, 32 Sup. Ct. 702, 56 L. Ed. 1236. Delaware, L. & W. R. R. Co. v. United States, supra. ”