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SMITH-JOHNSON STEAMSHIP CORP. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 98-55, 262-55, 314-55.

139 F.Supp. 298 (1956)

SMITH-JOHNSON STEAMSHIP CORP. v. The UNITED STATES. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINE, Inc., v. The UNITED STATES. BLACK DIAMOND STEAMSHIP CORP. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Becker, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in case No. 98-55; Melvin Spaeth, Gerald B. Greenwald, and Becker & Maguire, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

J. Franklin Fort, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in case No. 262-55; Radner, Zito, Kominers & Fort, and Israel Convisser, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

George F. Galland, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in case No. 314-55; William J. Lippman, Robert N. Kharasch, and Galland & Kharasch, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Leavenworth Colby, 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.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 11, 1956. See 76 S.Ct. 1047.

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff alleges in the Smith-Johnson Steamship Corporation case that the defendant exacted from it for the hire of certain vessels more than was authorized by the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 41, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq., and the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 49 Stat. 1985, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1101 et seq. It sues for the excess. Defendant in its answer...

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