WATSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 50407.

146 F.Supp. 425 (1956)

Preston L. WATSON, As Administrator of The Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of Robert A. Watson, Deceased, v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

Writ of Certiorari Denied December 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Burke, Jr., New York City, for plaintiff. Alfred C. B. McNevin and Burton H. Brody, New York City, were on the briefs.

William A. Stern II, with whom was Acting Asst. Atty. Gen. George S. Leonard, for defendant. Paris T. Houston was on the brief.

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


Writ of Certiorari Denied December 3, 1956. See 77 S.Ct. 227.

LARAMORE, Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiff as administrator of the estate of Robert A. Watson, deceased, under a private act to recover alleged losses and damages suffered by plaintiff in the importation of sugar from the Argentine in 1920. The act, H.R. 990. 82d Congress, 1st Session, 65 Stat. A124, under which this suit is brought, provides as follows:

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