Great Western Serum Co. v. United States

Citations

• 56 Ct. Cl. 467
• 54 Ct. Cl. 203

Syllabus

<p>Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:</p> <p>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.</p>