Gershon Bros. v. United States

WALKER, Circuit Judge.

This was a suit under section 10 of the Act of Congress approved August 10, 1917 (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 31l5%ji), entitled “An act to provide further for the national security and defense,” etc. (40 Stat. 276, 279), to recover the difference between the amount paid to the plaintiff in error (herein called plaintiff), for storage space, being a warehouse rented and used by the plaintiff, requisitioned and taken by the United States in December, 1918, and retained and used by it until June 30, 1919, and the amount which the plaintiff claimed was just…