CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 400-57.

172 F.Supp. 701 (1959)

CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

May 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Franklin Fort, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Kominers & Fort, Israel Convisser and Robert S. Tancer, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Clare E. Walker, New York City, with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.


WHITAKER, Judge.

On January 15, 1951, the plaintiff purchased from the United States the SS. Cooper Union Victory, a dry cargo ship of the Victory type, pursuant to the provision of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 41, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, §§ 1735-1746. The Maritime Administration, an agency in the Department of Commerce, acted for the United States in the transaction.

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