Compania Ithaca De Vapores, S. A. v. United States

I see nothing in this case except a refusal by the Maritime Commission to do what it had contracted to do, because it changed its mind after it had made the contract. Private persons and private enterprises do not have the privilege of changing their legal obligations, by changing their minds. It is apparent that clearing by the General Counsel was nothing but a formal procedural step, and there is no indication whatever that the General Counsel found anything wrong with the contract. The member of the Commission who was absent when the Commission accepted the plaintiff’s offer finally…