Case Name: GREAT WESTERN SERUM COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1920-12-06
Citations: 56 Ct. Cl. 467
Docket Number: 
Parties: GREAT WESTERN SERUM COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 467–468

Head Matter:
GREAT WESTERN SERUM COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
[54 C. Cls., 203 ; 254 U. S., 240.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
A contractual obligation of the United States to pay the owner can not be implied from the seizure and destruction of antihog-cholera serum by agents of the Bureau of Animal Industry without agreement to purchase, nor from the act of March 4, 1915, c. 144, 38 Stat., 1115, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture in dealing with an emergency arising from animal disease to expend money in its eradication, including payment of claims growing out of purchase and destruction of materials contaminated or exposed to the disease.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice McReyNolds
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court December 6, 1920.