LAND SETTLEMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 389-52.

113 F.Supp. 666 (1953)

LAND SETTLEMENT & DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Tumulty, Jr., Washington, D. C., M. Joseph Matan, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for plaintiff.

Thomas O. Fleming, Washington, D. C., Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


HOWELL, Judge.

Plaintiff, a Philippine Government corporation, sues to recover the value of property owned by its predecessor, a Philippine Commonwealth corporation, and commandeered by the United States Armed Forces in the Far East between December 8, 1941 and May 31, 1942, and destroyed by such Armed Forces to prevent its falling into the hands of the Japanese.

Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss the petition on the ground that between 1942 and 1944...

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