Legal Opinion

Goltra v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided April 3, 1951No. 46064PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiffs are executors of the estate of Edward F. Goltra, deceased, and their claim arises from the requisition by the United States, through the War Production Board, September 6, 1943, of a Heyl & Patterson steel traveling or gantry crane. There is no dispute as to the value of the crane, the only issue before the court being whether the United States or the Goltra estate was the owner of the crane at the time of its requisition. If the Goltra estate was the owner at that time, it is entitled to recover as just compensation, the agreed value of the crane — $100,000 (an…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. SummerlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. Utah Power & Light Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. Lynch v. Alworth-Stephens Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. United States v. GoltraSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. United States v. Corliss Steam-Engine Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1876

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1951
  2. Penn-Ohio Steel Corporation v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1965
  3. Waldemar P. Thomson v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
  4. United States v. Certain Parcels of LandDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1955
  5. United International Investigative Services v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1992

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