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JOHNSON & HIGGINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 166.

287 U.S. 459 (1932)

53 S.Ct. 209

77 L.Ed. 426

JOHNSON & HIGGINS OF CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 19, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cletus Keating, with whom Mr. Richard L. Sullivan was on the brief, for petitioner.

Solicitor General Thacher, with whom Assistant Attorney General Rugg and Messrs. H. Brian Holland and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States.

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

The material facts as found by the Court of Claims are these: In December, 1918, fire broke out on the United States Army Transport Logan bound from San Francisco to Manila with a general cargo belonging to various owners. The Logan was under the operation, management and control of the United States. The cargo consisted in part of military supplies for American troops in Siberia and the Philippine Islands...

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