ANDERSON, CLAYTON & CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 48313, 48316.

122 F.Supp. 835 (1954)

ANDERSON, CLAYTON & CO., Inc. v. UNITED STATES. COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin P. Detels, New York City, for plaintiffs. Abner H. Ferguson, Washington, D. C., Charles W. Harvey and Watters & Donovan, New York City, were on the briefs.

Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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


WHITAKER, Judge.

The plaintiffs in these actions sue for that part of the cargo on board the steamer John Lykes belonging to each of them, which was unloaded at Cebu, Philippine Islands, in December 1941, and which they allege was taken by defendant.

The John Lykes sailed from San Francisco on November 10, 1941, bound for Shanghai and Manila, in that order. For some unexplained reason the vessel did not stop at Shanghai, but proceeded on to Manila, arriving...

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