WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 445-55.

161 F.Supp. 614 (1958)

WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO., A/S, v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

May 7, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Haight, New York City, for plaintiff.

Justin S. Colin, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff sues for a sum of money which the Government owes it on transactions not here in question. The Government has not paid the plaintiff because it claims that the plaintiff owes it a larger sum for certain "desirable features" which were present on ships sold by the Government to the plaintiff.

The plaintiff, a Norwegian corporation, purchased three ships from the United States Maritime Commission in 1946. The contracts of sale contained...

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