HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 48334.

145 F.Supp. 631 (1956)

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin P. Detels, New York City, for plaintiff. Watters & Donovan, Charles W. Harvey and Joseph J. Magrath, 3rd, New York City, were on the briefs.

Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant. Melford O. Cleveland, Wilton, Ala., was on the briefs.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.


WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff, a corporation doing business under the laws of the Crown Colony of Hongkong, seeks just compensation for certain cargo which was unloaded from the vessel Dona Nati at Manila, Philippine Islands, in December 1941.

Although plaintiff's petition enumerates 18 separate lots of cargo for the taking of which just compensation is claimed, the taking of only 2 of these lots is presently before the court for determination. One of the two...

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