HODGES v. UNITED STATES

No. 365-52.

111 F.Supp. 268 (1953)

HODGES v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

April 7, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John K. Pickens, Washington, D. C., Jerry N. Griffin, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for plaintiff.

Thomas O. Fleming, Washington, D. C., with whom was Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.


WHITAKER, Judge.

This case is before us on defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's petition. That motion disregards the naming of the United States Army as the defendant, instead of the United States, and is grounded on, first, the bar of the statute of limitations, and, second, the lack of authority to bind the United States of those alleged to have requisitioned plaintiff's property.

Plaintiff alleges in his...

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