BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 47090.

81 F.Supp. 707 (1949)

BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Carroll, of New York City (Willkie, Owen, Farr, Gallagher & Walton, Mark F. Hughes and William E. Bennett, all of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff.

John B. Miller, of Washington, D. C., and H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


JONES, Chief Judge.

This case involves the value of the vessel State of Virginia, her equipment and furnishings, on April 1, 1942.

The plaintiff was the owner of the vessel. On April 1, 1942, pursuant to Section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 53 Stat. 1255, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1242, and Executive Order No. 9054, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1295 note, 7 Fed.Reg. 837, the War Shipping Administration requisitioned the title to and took possession...

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