Legal Opinion
Corona Coal Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 14, 1924No. 42PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
Appellant sued in the Court of Claims for a balance alleged to be due for coal delivered to the United States. Some time prior to the delivery appellant had entered into contracts with certain railroad companies to supply them with coal for specified periods of time and at stated prices. Upon the passing of the railroads into the control of the Government, by virtue of the President’s proclamation of December 26, 1917, 40 Stat. 1733, the Railroad Administration claimed the right to- enforce these contracts. The right was denied; whereupon the Euel Administration requisitioned the coal “…
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