Kimball Laundry Co. v. United States

On November 21, 1942, the United States filed a petition 1 in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska, to condemn the plant of the Kimball Laundry Company in Omaha, Nebraska, for use by the Army for a term initially expiring June 30,1943, and to be extended from year to year at the election of the Secretary of War. The District Court granted the United States immediate possession of the facilities of the company, expept delivery equipment, for the requested period. The term was subsequently extended several times. The last year’s extension was to end on June 30, 1946,…