Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided March 11, 1929No. E-587PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBooth, Chief Justice
The plaintiff possessed two shipbuilding contracts entered into by the Globe Shipbuilding Company, of Superior, Wisconsin, on June 8, 1917. The contracts called for the construction of two steel cargo vessels of 3,500 tons deadweight capacity, and were to cost $620,000.00 each. One vessel was to be delivered on November 30, 1918, and the other on October 15, 1919.
On August 3, 1917, the contracts were requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation in pursuance of the act of June 15, 1917. The plaintiff has not received any compensation as provided for in the…
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