ROBERSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 158-52.

124 F.Supp. 857 (1954)

James Joseph ROBERSON v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

October 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence G. Pechacek, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Franklin E. Gill, Sioux City, Iowa, was on the brief.

John R. Franklin, Washington, D. C., with whom was Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit under the Act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 941 and 978, 28 U.S.C. § 1495 and § 2513, to recover $5,000 (the statutory maximum) on account of damages allegedly sustained by him because of his erroneous conviction of offenses against the United States and imprisonment therefor.

Defendant urges: (1) That plaintiff's conviction by a Navy General Court Martial which...

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