Case Name: GERLACH LIVE STOCK COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1950-07-10
Citations: 117 Ct. Cl. 416
Docket Number: No. 47601
Parties: GERLACH LIVE STOCK COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 117
Pages: 416–420

Head Matter:
GERLACH LIVE STOCK COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. 47601.
Decided July 10, 1950.]
Mr. Edward Francis Treadwell for the plaintiff. Messrs. Treadwell <& Laughlin were on the brief.
Mr. Ralph S. Boyd, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney Generad A. Devitt Vanec\ for the defendant.

Opinion:
The court decided that as a matter of law the plaintiff was entitled to recover, and judgment was rendered for Strathearn Bros., assignees, with an opinion per curiam, as follows:
For the reasons stated in the opinion in Gerlach Live Stock Company v. United States, No. 46009, 111 C. Cls. 1, and for the reasons set forth in the opinion of the Supreme Court in United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Company, and other, cases, Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, October term, 1949, delivered June 5, 1950, judgment is hereby rendered against the defendant in favor of plaintiff, for and on behalf of Strathearn Brothers, assignees, in the sum of $12,240.00, plus an amount for delay in payment computed at 4 per cent per annum from October 20,1941, until paid.