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DUCKETT & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 108.

266 U.S. 149 (1924)

45 S.Ct. 38

69 L.Ed. 216

A.W. DUCKETT & COMPANY, INC. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Don R. Almy, with whom Mr. Ernie Adamson was on the brief, for appellant.

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 HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a claim against the United States for the value of the claimant's interest in Pier No. 8 of the Bush Terminal Company under a lease that ran through September 30, 1919. The claim is based upon an implied contract alleged to have arisen from a taking for war purposes, for such time as might be necessary, of described portions of the Bush Terminal docks and warehouses...

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