1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. U.S.
  4. 259 U.S.
  5. 259 U.S. 188 (1922)
 

MORRISDALE COAL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 65.

259 U.S. 188 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 481

66 L.Ed. 892

MORRISDALE COAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 29, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gibbs L. Baker, with whom Mr. Karl Knox Gartner was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Charles S. Lawrence were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing the appellant's petition upon demurrer. The petition alleges that the claimant had outstanding contracts calling for more than the actual production of its mines for the months of June and following through November, 1918, at a price of $4.50 per gross ton; that the Fuel Administration appointed by the President during the war "requisitioned and...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases