Consolidation Coal Co. v. United States

This is an action to recover payment for bituminous coal claimed to have been requisitioned by the Navy under separate orders at two different times. The petition sets up two causes of action. The first cause of action grows out of an order designated N-69, which is dated the 10th of August, 1917, and covered shipments of coal beginning the latter part of June and terminating the 30th of September, 1917. The second cause of action grows out of two orders by the Navy Department, with modifications and extensions thereof Imown as N-6123 and N-6157, each dated the 12th day of June, 1919, for…