Beacon Oyster Co. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
1Opinion of the Court
WHALEY, Chief Justice.
This case comes before the Court under a special jurisdictional act, Act June 9, 1942, 56 Stat. 1183, conferring jurisdiction to hear, determine, as to liability of the United States, and render judgment upon the claim of the plaintiff for compensation for damages sustained by it by reason of the injury to its oyster beds at Quonset Point, R. I., as a result of dredging operations carried out in behalf of the United States in connection with the establishment of the naval air station at Quonset Point in the year 1940.
The plaintiff filed its petition under this act and…
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