UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN TRADING CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO

No. 32731.

138 F.Supp. 536 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN TRADING COMPANY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Defendant.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

February 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Reed M. Williams, Attorney, Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Willard G. Gilson, Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.


HAMLIN, District Judge.

In this action, the United States seeks to recover as overcharges certain moneys which it paid to the defendant for the carriage of certain cargo. The sole disputed issue in the case concerns the payment of $39,706.63, the amount of the full freight for the carriage of cargo from San Francisco to Samoa, which was received by the defendant and which the plaintiff contends was an overcharge.

The parties entered into a written stipulation...

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