Legal Opinion
United States v. Eastport Steamship Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 17, 1956PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
Respondent’s exceptions to the libel of the United States raise issues of law concerning voluntary payment and compulsory counterclaims and for the reasons hereinafter stated they are sustained and the libel is dismissed.
In June 1954 respondent recovered a judgment against libelant in the amount of $54,000. Shortly thereafter Congress appropriated funds to pay this judgment. The General Accounting Office on September 29, 1954, deducted the sum of $31,102.71 from the amount appropriated and remitted the balance to respondent. The withholding of this sum was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Moore v. New York Cotton ExchangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Railroad Co. v. CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- McKnight v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Cunard S. S. Co. v. EltingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- Eastport Steamship Company v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States of America, Libelant-Appellant v. Eastport Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1966
- United States of America, Libelant-Appellant v. Eastport Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- United States of America, Libelant-Appellant v. Eastport Steamship CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958