Case: ALBERT J. BOTHWELL AND THE BOTHWELL COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Bothwell v. United States
Decision Date: 1920-12-06
Docket Number: 
Citation: 56 Ct. Cl. 467
Volume: 56
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: ALBERT J. BOTHWELL AND THE BOTHWELL COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Pages: 467–467

Head Matter:
ALBERT J. BOTHWELL AND THE BOTHWELL COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES.
[54 C. Cls., 203 ; 254 U. S., 231.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiffs for a portion of the amount claimed in the court below. On plaintiff’s appeal the judgment ivas affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
The contract implied from a taking by the Government is a contract to pay for the property actually taken. .
Where construction of a Government dam flooded private land, destroyed the owner’s hay there stored, and forced him to remove his cattle and sell them at a loss, lipid, assuming an implied obligation to pay for the hay, there was none to pay the loss upon the cattle.
To review a judgment of the Court of Claims, the Government must appeal; it can not attack it on the claimant’s appeal.

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