American Dredging Co. v. United States

The plaintiff sues to recover just compensation for two steel dump scows requisitioned from it by the Government on or about January 16,1945, under the authority of section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 49 Stat. 2015, as amended by 53 Stat. 1254,46 TJ. S. C. 1242. The Govermnent has not paid the plaintiff anything on account of the scows. We have for determination what is just compensation for the taking.

The two scows were constructed for the plaintiff in 1929 at a delivered price of $38,360.27 each. They were of rectangular shape, 112 feet long, 34 feet wide and 12 feet…