FORD, District Judge.
United Fruit Company brings this libel against the United States to recover damages for the failure of the United States to pay for certain items of repairs made to the S. S. Esparta as part of the reconditioning of the vessel prior to its redelivery from a charter party.
The Esparta was built in 1945 for the United Mail Steamship Company and delivered to libellant under demise charter for a ten year period. On the same day, it was delivered...
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