New York & Baltimore Transportation Line v. United States

On July 28, 1923, the plaintiff filed its original petition in this case claiming a sum of money, with interest, as just compensation for the commandeering of two of its steamships, the Chesapeake and Manna Hatta. It filed an amended petition on April 28, 1925, setting up a further claim for consequential damages to its business by the taking of the two said ships and also for loss on the sale of a companion ship known as the Baltimorean.

The plaintiff claims that the United States requisitioned or commandeered the two said ships, secured possession of them, and held possession of them by this…