Willink v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the right.of the owner of a, wharf in the harbor of the Savannah River to recover from the Government as upon an implied contract for the taking of his property in the improvement of that harbor, are stated in the opinion,# Appellant’s right of recovery is based on the following grounds: The Government had the right to take this property for the public use of harbor improvement.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the right.of the owner of a, wharf in the harbor of the Savannah River to recover from the Government as upon an implied contract for the taking of his property in the improvement of that harbor, are stated in the opinion,# Appellant’s right of recovery is based on the following grounds: The Government had the right to take this property for the public use of harbor improvement. This right was exercised by the following acts of governmental authorities: The submission to Congress by the officers of the Engineer Corps of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
Henry F. Willink sued to recover as upon an implied contract for an alleged taking of his property in the improvement of the harbor in the Savannah River at Savannah, Georgia. A recovery was denied, 38 Ct. Cls. 693; 49 Ct. Cls. 701, and the claimant’s executrix prosecutes this appeal.
The material facts disclosed by the findings are these: At Savannah the river is navigable and within the ebb and flow of the tide. Opposite the city is Hutchinson’s Island, a strip of which on the side towards the city was owned by the claimant. He there conducted a plant for repairing vessels. Among his…
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