Hirsch v. United States

BRUCHHAUSEN, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, the owners of a building located in the City of New York, instituted this action to recover the value of the use and occupation of the sixth floor of the building, claimed to have been occupied by the defendant’s agent, the Director of Internal Revenue, during the period from May 21, 1952, to June 10, 1952. The action is based upon the Constitution of the United States, Article III, Section 2 and upon 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(a) (2). That statute grants jurisdiction to this court of claims against the United States “not exceeding $10,000 in amount,…