Legal Opinion
Phelps v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1927No. 531PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
Plaintiffs were partners doing business as Phelps Brothers and Company; the petitioner is-the survivor. They owned a lease on Pier No. 7 of the Bush Terminal in New York Harbor. December 31, 1917, pursuant to an Act of August 29, 1916, c. 418, 39 Stat. 619, 645, and an Act of August 10, 1917, § 10, c. 53, 40 Stat. 276, 279, the Secretary of War by direction of the President requisitioned that pier and other portions of the Bush Terminal for use in carrying on the war. Plaintiffs- vacated, and the United States took possession of the property and continued to occupy it until May 14, 1919. The…
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