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SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. v. U.S.

No. 407.

261 U.S. 299 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 354

67 L.Ed. 664

SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Forney Johnston, with whom Mr. Henry Buist, Mr. George L. Buist, Mr. J. Harry Covington, and Mr. James, F. Wright were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The plaintiff in error, the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company, was the owner of 2.6 acres of land at Charleston, South Carolina, adjoining the Charleston Port Terminal, subject to a mortgage to the Guaranty Trust Company and William C. Cox.1 On May 23, 1919, the United States, under authority of § 10 of the Lever Act,

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