Case Name: ALBO TRADING CORPORATION v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: United States Claims Court
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1951-06-05
Citations: 120 Ct. Cl. 65
Docket Number: No. 48517
Parties: ALBO TRADING CORPORATION v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 120
Pages: 65–72

Head Matter:
ALBO TRADING CORPORATION v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. 48517.
Decided June 5, 1951.
Plaintiff’s motion for new trial overruled October 2, 1951.]
Mr. Horace S. Whitman for the plaintiff. Mr. Julius B. Limer was on the brief.
Mr. Kendall M. Barnes, with whom was Mr. Acting Assistant Attorney General Newell A. Clapp, for the defendant.
Mr. Cwr,eTl, Vance, Trial Commissioner.
Plaintif£’s petition for writ of certiorari pending,

Opinion:
The court decided that the plaintiff was entitled to recover, in an opinion per <mriam, as follows:
We see no distinction between this case and that of International Aircraft Trading Co. v. United States, 109 C. Cls. 435, and Van Karner Chemical Arms Corporation v. United States, 109 C. Cls. 425. Plaintiff is entitled to recover only the scrap value of the material requisitioned, which is the sum of $282.78. In addition, however, it is entitled to recover compensation.for,delay in payment of this amount from the date of the requisition on November 16, 1942,-to the. date-, this amount- was tendered to plaintiff, October 4, 1943: , Computed at four percent per annum this amounts to $9.99.- "Judgment -is accordingly rendered- in plaintiff's favor for thesum of $292.77.