SAFEWAY STORES v. UNITED STATES

No. 46976.

93 F.Supp. 900 (1950)

SAFEWAY STORES, Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

Decided December 5, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisha Hanson, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Hanson, Lovett & Dale, Washington, D. C., on the briefs.

Mary K. Fagan, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., H. G. Morison, for defendant.

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


WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff is a large retail chain store company. It sues for just compensation for meat which it says the defendant requisitioned from it during the last World War.

After the military authorities began taking meat for their own use, it almost disappeared from the counters of the retail stores. The retail merchant was unable to secure it in anything like adequate quantities to supply the demand of...

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