BEACON OYSTER CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 45766.

63 F.Supp. 761 (1946)

BEACON OYSTER CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

January 7, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edward Burroughs, Jr., of Washington, D. C. (Homer Cummings and William Stanley, both of Washington, D. C., on the briefs), for the plaintiff.

Robert Burstein, of Washington, D. C., and Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Irvin M. Gottlieb, of Washington, D. C., on the briefs), for the defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, and JONES, Judges.


WHALEY, Chief Justice.

This case comes before the Court under a special jurisdictional act, Act June 9, 1942, 56 Stat. 1183, conferring jurisdiction to hear, determine, as to liability of the United States, and render judgment upon the claim of the plaintiff for compensation for damages sustained by it by reason of the injury to its oyster beds at Quonset Point, R. I., as a result of dredging operations carried out in behalf of the United States in connection with...

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