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LUCKENBACH S.S. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 49.

280 U.S. 173 (1930)

LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 6, 1930.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King, with whom Messrs. William B. King and George R. Shields were on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Sisson, with whom Solicitor General Hughes and Messrs. George C. Butte, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, and Louis R. Mehlinger were on the brief, for the United States.

Opinion of the Court by MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, announced by MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER.

This was a suit in the Court of Claims by the Luckenbach Steamship Company, petitioner, against the United States to recover $30,370.94 claimed by the petitioner as a balance due for transporting mails of the United States, in steamships of United States registry, between ports of the United States and ports in the Canal Zone, from December...

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