Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United States

This was a suit to recover a balance alleged to be due for several barges and tugs, the possession of and title to which were taken over by the United States under-the Act of June 15, 1917, c. 29, 40 Stat. 182. The compensation fixed at the time by the President not being satisfactory to the claimant, three-fourths of it was paid, and the claimant, conformably to the Act, sued to recover a further sum which, with what was paid, was alleged to be just compensation. The Court of Claims found that the amount fixed by the President was just and entered judgment for the claimant for the one-fourth…