AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP CO. v. THE UNITED STATES

No. 48758.

124 F.Supp. 378 (1954)

AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, as owner of the American Steamship Hawaiian, v. THE UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

October 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clement C. Rinehart, New York City, for plaintiff. Carl H. Watson, Jr., and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, were on the briefs.

J. Frank Staley, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Warren E. Burger, for defendant. William A. Mellan, Washington, D. C., was on the brief.

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


WHITAKER, Judge.

The issue presented in this case is the just compensation to which the plaintiff is entitled for the taking by defendant, under a bareboat charter, of the possession and use of the American steamship Hawaiian during the period from July 7, 1943, to May 1, 1946.

Plaintiff says that it is entitled to a rate of $6.00 per deadweight ton per month throughout the requisitioned period, less the amounts already paid by defendant on account...

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