MAFFIA v. UNITED STATES

No. 135-54.

142 F.Supp. 891 (1956)

Nicola MAFFIA v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Gittings, Jr., Washington, D. C., Wilmurt B. Linker, New York City, Evan Howell, and King & King, Washington, D. C., on the briefs, for plaintiff.

Kathryn H. Baldwin, Washington, D. C., with whom was George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


WHITAKER, Judge.

This case is before us on defendant's motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiff's petition alleges that one James J. McSweeney offered to purchase from the Office of the Foreign Liquidation Commissioner of the Department of State three tugs lying at the Island of Malta for $4,000 each, and that his offer was accepted.

Before the sale was consummated, McSweeney executed a power of attorney to one A. G. Van Wye authorizing him to act as...

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