Manufacturers' Land & Improvement Co. v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation

This was an action in ejectment by the land company against the fleet corporation and the public service com*251pany for a small tract of land in Camden, New Jersey. The action was begun in a state court and removed to the District Court of the United States, where, after trial, judgment was given for the defendants. The judgment was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 284 Fed. 231.

The facts out of which the case arose are easily stated.

On and prior to May 28, 1918, the land in question was owned and possessed by the land company, and was without buildings or other improvements. It was in…