City of Philadelphia v. United States

Plaintiff sues for the value of two steel-bottomed mud scows which were requisitioned by the defendant on March 15, 1945.

These two scows were a part of a fleet of eight that were built for plaintiff in 1925 at a cost of $32,233.68 per scow.

-It was found desirable to add improvements to each scow in the form of strengthened bulkheads in order to make it more efficient. The added cost was $2,750 per scow. Repairs were made on one of the scows in 1936, 1942, and 1943 in the amount of $7,181.24, and on the other in 1936 and 1941 in the sum of $4,626.12. The total cost of the two scows, including…