Morrisdale Coal Co. v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing the appellant’s petition upon demurrer. The petition alleges that the claimant had outstanding contracts calling for more than the actual production of its mines for the months of June and following through November, 1918, at a price of $4.50 per gross ton; that the Fuel Administration appointed by the President during the war “ requisitioned and compelled petitioner to divert 12,823.89 tons of coal ” during the period mentioned; that the price received for this coal was $3,304 per gross ton, and that the claimant thereby…