Legal Opinion
United States v. Thayer-West Point Hotel Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 20, 1947No. 106PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
The decision here turns upon the power of the Court of Claims, in light of § 177 (a) of the Judicial Code, 1 to include interest in its award of “just compensation” to a lessee for the construction of a hotel and other buildings pursuant to the provisions of the Act of March 30,1920. 2
The Act of March 30, 1920, authorizes the Secretary of War to lease land on the United States Military Reservation at West Point, N. Y., to any person for a term not exceeding 50 years upon which to erect a hotel and other necessary buildings in connection therewith. The lease is to contain such conditions,…
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