National City Bank v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
At Law. Action by the National City Bank of New York against the United States.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
This case is brought under section 10 of the so-called Lever Act (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 31151/sii) to recover such sum as, added to 75 per cent, of the award made by the President, will constitute “just compensation” for 20,000 bags of Santos and Guatemala coffee commandeered by the Navy Department in November, 1918. For the purpose of this proceeding it is agreed that the coffee weighed 2,737,064 pounds, and consisted one-half of Santos and one-half of washed Guatemala of certain grades.
Section 10 of the act, supra, provided:
“That the President is…
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