Bodkin v. United States

*285MEMORANDTJM BY THE COURT

This case is now before the court on the defendant’s motion for a new trial. The case was referred to the court under the special act set out in the findings.

The court was originally of the opinion that the special act authorized a judgment. The defendant’s motion raises a serious doubt as to the existence of the right. The express language of the act confers jurisdiction “ for a hearing of a claim for reimbursement for the value of” certain described premises. Manifestly Congress was considering the question as to whether the plaintiff was legally entitled *286to…