Booth & Co. v. United States

A judgment was rendered in each of these cases for the value of the property at the time it was taken by the Government. The plaintiff’s motions for a new trial are based upon the ground that the “ court erred in not allowing interest on the judgment.” At their request plaintiff’s attorneys have been heard in argument upon the question whether interest was allowable on the ascertained value of the property from the time of its taking. The property was a part of that coming within the general designation of the Bush Terminals in New York, and it is alleged to have been taken by the direction…