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WILLINK v. UNITED STATES

No. 180.

240 U.S. 572 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 422

60 L.Ed. 808

WILLINK, EXECUTRIX, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 3, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King, with whom Mr. William B. King was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Huston Thompson for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

Henry F. Willink sued to recover as upon an implied contract for an alleged taking of his property in the improvement of the harbor in the Savannah River at Savannah, Georgia. A recovery was denied, 38 Ct. Cls. 693; 49 Ct. Cls. 701, and the claimant's executrix prosecutes this appeal.

The material facts disclosed by the findings are these: At Savannah the...

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