PONTIN BOAT CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 48565.

89 F.Supp. 685 (1950)

PONTIN BOAT CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

April 3, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linton M. Collins, Washington, D. C., for the plaintiff. Roger Robb and Bingham, Collins, Porter & Kistler, Washington, D. C., were on the brief.

John B. Miller, Washington, D. C., with whom was Assistant Attorney General H. G. Morison, for the defendant.

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


HOWELL, Judge.

Plaintiff sues for just compensation for the requisition of its steam lighter Chester by the Government on February 27, 1943. The War Shipping Administration requisitioned title to and took possession of the vessel pursuant to Section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 53 Stat. 1255, 46 U.S.C. § 1242, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1242. Fifteen months after requisition, on May 4, 1944, the...

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