Leiter v. United States

delivered the opinion of the Court.. This' action was brought by the trustees of the Levi Z. Leiter estate, under .the Tucker Act, 1 to recover rental's under four leases to-the United States. The petition was dismissed, • on demurrer, for failure to state a. cause of action. 59 Ct. Cls. 907. The-appeal was taken in January, 1925.

The leases, which were for space in an office building, were made by the trustees and the Treasury Department, in'1920 and 1921, for terms: of four and five years,-for the use of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance and other federal agencies that were subsequently…