US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
MANUFACTURERS' CO. V. FLEET CORP., 264 U. S. 250 (1924)
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Manufacturers' Co. v. Fleet Corp., 264 U.S. 250 (1924)
Manufacturers' Land & Improvement Co. v. United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation and Public Service Railway Company
No. 181
Argued January 21, 1924
Decided March 3, 1924
264 U.S. 250
Syllabus
The Act of March 1, 1918, c.19, 40 Stat. 438, empowering the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation to requisition land for the construction thereon of houses for employees, and the families of employee, of shipyards in which ships were being constructed for the United States, and to construct on such land for their use houses "and all other necessary or convenient facilities," etc., authorized the taking of land for an electric railway terminal, for the purpose of providing convenient transportation for employees of a nearby shipyard, and their families, for whom housing was being provided under the act on other land in close proximity. P. 264 U. S. 253.
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