International Harvester Co. of America v. United States

The plaintiff brings this suit to recover compensation, for use and damage, of fifteen motor trucks owned by it, which trucks it is alleged were taken by the Government on March 14, 1928, and used in connection with road work being done for the Government on the Yorktown Mine Depot, at Yorktown, Virginia.

The findings disclose that one L. M. Johnston had a contract with the Navy Department for certain road construction on the Government reservation at Yorktown, Virginia, known as the Yorktown Navy Mine Depot. The contract provided that upon default on his part in the performance of the…