Stanton v. United States

The court’s jurisdiction to adjudicate this case is conferred by the terms of the following special act of Congress approved February 12, 1927, to wit:

“ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Befresentatwes of the United States of America m Congress assembled, That Stanton and Jones are hereby authorized to bring suit against the United States under contract with the engineer’s office, dated June 12, 1918, for revetment work, Pelican Bend, Missouri River, to recover whatever damages or losses which they may have suffered through action by governmental agencies in commandeering, purchasing,…