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MERRITT & CHAPMAN CO. v. U.S.

No. 214.

274 U.S. 611 (1927)

MERRITT & CHAPMAN DERRICK & WRECKING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Dudley C. Smith, with whom Mr. O.D. Duncan was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Assistant Attorney General Farnum, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Plaintiff in error sued under the Tucker Act, c. 359, 24 Stat. 505, upon a claim for salvage on account of service alleged to have been rendered the Steamship Leviathan owned by the defendant in error. United States v. Cornell Steamboat Co., 202 U.S. 184, 189. On defendant's motion the court, May 7, 1925, dismissed the petition on the ground that it fails to state...

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