Case Name: KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1922-11-13
Citations: 58 Ct. Cl. 699
Docket Number: 
Parties: KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 58
Pages: 699–700

Head Matter:
KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
[55 C. Cls. 480; 260 U.S. 125.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal, the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
The court will not reexamine the findings of fact made by the Court' of Claims upon evidence.
An unintentional injury to a bridge pier in the making of navigation improvements by the Government, helé at most in the nature of a tort, and not a taking of property by the United States, for which damages might be recovered on the theory of contract.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Holmes
delivered the opinion of the Supreme' Court November 13, 1922.