Resort Hotel Co. v. United States

During the war the Government was in need of buildings to be used for hospital purposes. The plaintiff, Resort Hotel Company, a New Jersey corporation, owned and operated a hotel at Lakewood, New Jersey. The hotel building was a brick one of large dimensions, five stories in height, and surrounded by about twelve acres of ground. A garage, a power house, and a stable adjoined the hotel building and were adapted for use in connection therewith. Officials of the Government made a personal inspection of the hotel and the entire premises and found it suitable and available for the purposes of the…