AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
I do not think that the cases holding that the government is not liable for interest on claims against it, in the absence of statutes expressly providing therefor, are applicable to the present situation. The claim against the government here is not based upon any statute, nor does the claim for interest rest upon a matter of statutory interpretation.
The government could not be held liable at all, except for the doctrine...
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