COMPANHIA ATLANTICA DE DESEN., ETC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 22-53.

180 F.Supp. 342 (1960)

COMPANHIA ATLÂNTICA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO E EXPLORAÇÃO DE MINAS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

January 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis A. Brick, Jr., New York City, for plaintiff. Mahlon F. Perkins, Jr., New York City, was on the briefs.

Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff, a Portuguese corporation, sues the United States for breach of contract. Under the reciprocity provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2502 it has access to this court. The contract in suit was made on September 11, 1952. On October 27 of that year the United States purported to cancel the contract. The plaintiff says that the purported cancellation was nothing more than a repudiation, and therefore a breach, of a valid contract.

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