McDONALD v. UNITED STATES

No. 45876.

90 F.Supp. 703 (1950)

McDONALD v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

June 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton K. Wheeler, Washington, D. C., and Irving Herriott, Chicago, Ill., Eugene F. McDonald, Jr., on the briefs, for plaintiff.

Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


WHITAKER, Judge.

This is a suit for just compensation for the requisition of the yacht Mizpah by the War Shipping Administration on March 16, 1942. It presents an issue that cannot be determined with any mathematical accuracy. Indeed, the determination of that compensation which is just is one of the most difficult things with which this court is confronted.

Shortly after the requisition of the vessel the War Shipping Administration determined

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