Girard Trust Co. v. United States

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

In the case at bar the Girard Trust Company, the lessor under a written lease entered into by it and the United States for the rental of a building in Philadelphia: known as the “Penn Athletic Club Building” and occupied by the Securities and Exchange Commission, seeks to recover from the defendant, the United States, the sum of $1,158.53, representing the cost of repairs to certain electric installations in the building. The suit was brought under Section 1 of the Tucker Act. The court below gave judgment for the plaintiff in the sum sought with interest. The United…