United Fruit Co. v. United States

The plaintiff sues the defendant for the compensation provided for in the Postal Laws and Regulations for the carriage of mail between the United States and Central American ports during the period November 5,1932, to August 29,1938; *309The amount claimed in the petition is $80,432.28, but the commissioner has found that if the plaintiff is entitled to recover at all, there is due it the sum of $60,274.76, and no exception is taken thereto.

The plaintiff owned all of the stock of the Balboa Shipping Company, a corporation chartered under the laws of the Eepublic of Panama. This company had 9…