Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. v. United States

Plaintiff brought this actiofi to recover a balance claimed for tobacco products obtained from it for the Navy and Marine Corps between September 8, and November 23,1918. The Court of Claims found the value to be $483,504.30 and that in the same period the United States paid on account $423,893.96, and gave judgment for the difference, $59,610.34, without more. The plaintiff contends that the products were taken under the power of eminent domain and that it is entitled to such additional sum as will produce the equivalent of their value paid at the time of the taking; and that interest at a…