Niagara Falls Bridge Commission v. United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff owns and operates the Rainbow Bridge between Niagara Falls, New York, and Niagara Falls, Ontario. At the American end of the bridge plaintiff erected quarters to house the Customs Service and the Immigration Service. These services took up occupancy of these quarters on November 1, 1941. Plaintiff sues for rent for the quarters occupied by the Customs Service from November 1, 1941, to July 1, 1945, the date upon which the Customs Service entered into a lease with plaintiff providing for the payment of rent thereafter. It sues for rent of the quarters occupied by the…