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UNITED STATES v. SHAW

No. 570.

309 U.S. 495 (1940)

UNITED STATES v. SHAW, ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Biddle, with whom Assistant Attorney General Shea and Messrs. Melvin H. Siegel, Paul A. Sweeney, and Thomas E. Harris were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Eugene F. Black and Shirley Stewart, with whom Mr. Howell Van Auken was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1918 Sydney C. McLouth contracted to construct nine tugs for the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. On May 24, 1920, the contract was cancelled and the parties entered into a settlement agreement providing that McLouth was to keep as bailee certain materials furnished him for use in building the tugs and that the Fleet Corporation was to assume...

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