Legal Opinion
United States v. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 12, 1949No. 39PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
We are faced again with elusive questions of property valuation in determining whether the United States awarded “just compensation” under the Fifth Amendment when it took the respondent’s car ferry, the Maitland No. 1, under the authority of § 902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 53 Stat. 1254, 1255, 46 U. S. C. § 1242. The Government requisitioned the vessel in 1942, and determined its fair value as $72,500. In 1943, respondent exercised its option to accept 75 per *398cent of the award, and in 1945 brought action in the Court of Claims to recover $711,753 as the additional…
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