Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. v. United States

Plaintiff, a corporation doing business under the laws of the Crown Colony of Hongkong, seeks just compensation for certain cargo which was unloaded from the vessel Dona Nati at Manila, Philippine Islands, in December 1941.

Although plaintiff’s petition enumerates 18 separate lots of cargo for the taking of which just compensation is claimed, the taking of only two of these lots is presently before, the court for determination. One of the two claims involves 50 drums of petroleum grease, and the other involves 120 reels of *723galvanized steel wire. Plaintiff has selected these two claims as test…