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UNITED STATES v. PFITSCH

No. 246.

256 U.S. 547 (1921)

UNITED STATES v. PFITSCH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargument on question of jurisdiction April 11, 1921.

Reargued April 25, 1921.

Decided June 1, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, with whom Mr. P.M. Cox was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Arthur B. King, with whom Mr. Holmes V.M. Dennis, Jr., was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Mr. Royal E.T. Riggs, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

Restored to docket for reargument on question of jurisdiction April 11, 1921.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Pursuant to § 10 of the Lever Act (August 10, 1917, c. 53, 40 Stat. 276, 279) the President requisitioned for the Army on April 18, 1918, a radial drill belonging to Pfitsch. The Board of Appraisers of the War Department found its then value to be $3,979.50, and awarded him that amount as compensation. Pfitsch declared...

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