Pocahontas Fuel Co. v. United States

The plaintiff, from June 16, 1917, to September 28, 1917, both inclusive, delivered to the U. S. Navy at Hampton Hoads 75,084.40 gross tons of Pocahontas coal, for which it has been paid at the rate of $2.24 per gross ton as the value thereof at the mines, a total sum of $168,188.20, in addition to which it has also been paid the freight paid by it for the transportation of said coal from the mines to the place of delivery, amounting to $111,631.60. Asserting that said coal was requisitioned by the Secretary of the Navy, acting for the President, recovery is sought of an additional sum as…