Sutcliffe Storage & Warehouse Co. v. United States

This is an action to recover $60,448.57, plus interest, as compensation for the use and occupancy of certain land by defendant during the period from April 13,1942, to December 31,1945. Plaintiff, a Massachusetts corporation, had at some time prior to April 13,1942, leased from the New York Central Railroad Co., hereinafter referred to as the railroad, two noncontiguous parcels of land in Allston, Massachusetts.1 These parcels contained approximately 190,242 square feet of land, on which were located a number of buildings having a total area of 121,588 square feet, and platforms covering…