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SUN CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 237, 240, 241.

271 U.S. 96 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 440

70 L.Ed. 852

SUN SHIP BUILDING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. KENILWORTH COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. DORRIS MOTOR CAR COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 19, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank E. Scott for appellant in No. 237.

Mr. Benjamin Carter, with whom Mr. Junius G. Adams was on the brief, for appellant in No. 240.

Mr. John E. Hughes for appellant, in No. 241.

Assistant Attorney General Galloway, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Jerome Michael, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the briefs, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are three appeals from the Court of Claims which it is convenient to dispose of together.

No. 237.

The Sun Shipbuilding Company sought compensation on account of several items, chiefly one for loss sustained by it in obeying the request of certain naval officers and the Secretary of the Navy to hold free from other use a ship-way which they thought would probably be needed for the construction...

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