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H. J. LEWIS OYSTER CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 48806.

107 F.Supp. 570 (1952)

H. J. LEWIS OYSTER CO. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Claims.

October 7, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtiss K. Thompson, New Haven, Conn., John H. Weir, Hartford, Conn., and Goodman Block, New York City, on the briefs, for plaintiff.

Jack Rubin, Hartford, Conn., George C. Conway, New Haven, Conn., on the brief, for intervenor.

Gilbert E. Andrews, Washington, D. C., Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.

HOWELL, Judge.

The plaintiff, The H. J. Lewis Oyster Company, is the lessee of 1,657.2 acres of oyster grounds, owned by the State of Connecticut and located in the outer harbor of Bridgeport, Connecticut, which it uses for the propagation of oysters.

On April 3, 1947, the Corps of Engineers, as agent of the United States, entered into a contract with a private construction company to improve the channel into the Bridgeport harbor by deepening the existing...

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