UNITED STATES v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO.


21 F.2d 112 (1927)

UNITED STATES v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRY DOCK CO.

District Court, E. D. Virginia.

July 1, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Kear and H. H. Rumble, both of Norfolk, Va., and F. R. Conway and J. Frank Staley, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

F. H. Skinner and E. M. Braxton, both of Newport News, Va., and Burlingham, Veeder, Masten & Fearey, R. H. Hupper, C. I. Clark, and P. F. Shortridge, all of New York City, for respondent.


GRONER, District Judge.

The United States, as owner of the steamship America, contracted with the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company for repairs to the vessel, to be done at the yard of the company at Newport News, Va. The contract was in writing, and included detail specifications of the work to be done and special provisions as to the manner of performance and the care to be taken for the vessel's protection while at the contractor's plant. When the...

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