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OLIVER J. OLSON & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 46232.

71 F.Supp. 355 (1947)

OLIVER J. OLSON & CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

May 5, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Aldwell, of San Francisco, Cal. (Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison and James S. Moore, Jr., all of San Francisco, Cal., and J. Raymond Hoover, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Leavenworth Colby, and John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Frank Staley and Harry C. Shiver, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

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

JONES, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is the value of the steel schooner Cynthia Olson on December 7, 1941.

The plaintiff was the owner of the vessel. On November 18, 1941, she was chartered to the Army Transport Service for a term of six months, and was being operated by that service at the time the loss occurred.

The vessel was sunk by enemy action in the Pacific Ocean on December 7, 1941.

The defendant concedes liability. The question...

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