MANUFACTURERS' CO. v. FLEET CORP.

No. 181.

264 U.S. 250 (1924)

MANUFACTURERS' LAND & IMPROVEMENT COMPANY v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION AND PUBLIC SERVICE RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis D. Weaver, with whom Mr. John W. Wescott and Mr. Samuel B. Scott were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an action in ejectment by the land company against the fleet corporation and the public service company for a small tract of land in Camden, New Jersey. The action was begun in a state court and removed to the District Court of the United States, where, after trial, judgment was given for the defendants. The judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of...

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