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B-146627, FEB. 21, 1962

B-146627 Feb 21, 1962
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INC.: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED DECEMBER 1. YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL WAS DISALLOWED ON THE BASIS THAT NEITHER THE BILL OF LADING NOR YOUR CLAIM CONTAINED THE PERTINENT FACTS OR ANY ADDITIONAL EVIDENTIARY DATA NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE BILL. YOU FORWARDED THE CONSIGNEE'S CERTIFICATE AND THE NET WEIGHT CERTIFICATE EXECUTED BY THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WERE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE INVOLVED. THE LIGHT OF THIS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WE ARE AUTHORIZING OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION TO ALLOW YOUR CLAIM. YOU WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT ACTION IN DUE COURSE.

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B-146627, FEB. 21, 1962

TO ATLAS VAN LINES, INC.:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED DECEMBER 1, 1961, AND EARLIER LETTER, FILE ATLAS REG. E-17278, IN WHICH YOU REQUESTED A REVIEW OF THE SETTLEMENT DISALLOWING YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL FOR ADDITIONAL FREIGHT CHARGES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS OF FIRST LIEUTENANT JON M. LINDENAUER, FROM A USABLE FORKS, NEW YORK, TO FORT EUSTIS, VIRGINIA, UNDER GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING AF 9366298, DATED JUNE 27, 1960.

YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL BILL WAS DISALLOWED ON THE BASIS THAT NEITHER THE BILL OF LADING NOR YOUR CLAIM CONTAINED THE PERTINENT FACTS OR ANY ADDITIONAL EVIDENTIARY DATA NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE BILL. WITH YOUR LETTER OF AUGUST 1, 1961, YOU FORWARDED THE CONSIGNEE'S CERTIFICATE AND THE NET WEIGHT CERTIFICATE EXECUTED BY THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WHICH WERE NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF THE SERVICE INVOLVED. THE LIGHT OF THIS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WE ARE AUTHORIZING OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION TO ALLOW YOUR CLAIM, IF OTHERWISE CORRECT. YOU WILL RECEIVE NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT ACTION IN DUE COURSE.

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