ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. v. U.S.

No. 56.

290 U.S. 256 (1933)

ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Norman M. Littell, with whom Mr. Cassius E. Gates was on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant Solicitor General MacLean, with whom Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. J. Frank Staley were on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this suit, brought under the Tucker Act, 24 Stat. 505, in the District Court for Western Washington, petitioner sought compensation at an agreed rate for the transportation of certain destitute seamen from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Seattle, under the provisions of § 4578 R.S., as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 679. That section imposes on masters of United States vessels...

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