WALKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 45869.

64 F.Supp. 135 (1946)

WALKER et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

February 4, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl T. Frederick, of New York City (Paul F. Myers, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiffs.

Kendall M. Barnes, of New York City, and John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and JONES, LITTLETON, and WHITAKER, Judges.


WHALEY, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs are silk merchants and brokers. On March 13, 1942, they owned, and had continuously owned on and from July 25, 1941, certain bales of raw silk, warehoused by the United States Testing Co., Inc., at Hoboken, New Jersey.

One hundred of these bales are involved in this controversy, with a total "conditioned weight plus 2%" (as it is called) of 13,610.10 pounds, all imported from Japan. They were requisitioned by the Government...

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