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UNITED STATES v. PFITSCH

No. 246.

256 U.S. 547 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 569

65 L.Ed. 1084

UNITED STATES v. PFITSCH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, with whom Mr. P.M. Cox was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Arthur B. King, with whom Mr. Holmes V.M. Dennis, Jr., was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Mr. Royal E.T. Riggs, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Pursuant to § 10 of the Lever Act (August 10, 1917, c. 53, 40 Stat. 276, 279) the President requisitioned for the Army on April 18, 1918, a radial drill belonging to Pfitsch. The Board of Appraisers of the War Department found its then value to be $3,979.50, and awarded him that amount as compensation. Pfitsch declared this amount was unsatisfactory and insisted that the value was greater and that he was...

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