UNITED STATES S. BD. M. F. CORP. v. FIRST NATIONAL S. S. CO.

No. 7661.

119 F.2d 6 (1941)

UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD MERCHANT FLEET CORPORATION v. FIRST NATIONAL S. S. CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 17, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Curran, U. S. Atty., William S. Tarver, Asst. U. S. Atty., Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen., and F. R. Conway, all of Washington, D. C., Sidney J. Kaplan, Sp.Asst. to the Atty. Gen., and William S. Ward and Enoch E. Ellison, Attys., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Stanley Suydam and Prew Savoy, both of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and VINSON and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

Suit was begun in the court below by First National Steamship Company and others against United States Shipping Board, United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation (formerly Emergency Fleet Corporation), Daniel C. Roper, as Secretary of Commerce, and United States Maritime Commission, for damages in excess of $300,000 and interest, representing the balance of deposits made in 1920 by the plaintiffs under a contract between them and "the United...

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