Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
District Court, W.D. Washington
In Equity. Suit by the Sloan Shipyards Corporation against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. On motion by the United States to dismiss bill. This is an action by a corporation of the state of Washington against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation.
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In Equity. Suit by the Sloan Shipyards Corporation against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. On motion by the United States to dismiss bill. This is an action by a corporation of the state of Washington against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. It is alleged in substance that the plaintiff was in possession of a well-equipped shipbuilding plant, and of a well-equipped machine shop, for use in the preparation of machinery, appliances, etc., and equipment that was to go into the eonstruetion of ships, and on the 18th day of May, 1917, it…
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] That the United States cannot be sued for a tort, even though committed by its officers in the discharge of their duties, is well settled. Ballaine v. Alaska Northern Ry. Co. (U. S., Intervener) 259 Fed. 183, 170 C. C. A. 251, and cases cited. The relation of the United States to the defendant must be determined by the act creating the defendant, the objects of its creation, and the purposes to which the property is to be used.
*626Chief Justice Marshall, in the Dartmouth College Case, 4 Wheat. 518, at page 561 (4 L. Ed. 629), said:
“To determine the…
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