United States v. Curtiss Aeroplane Co.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from a summary judgment dismissing its complaint, because it was barred by the Statute of Limitations. The facts are as follows: Between September 25, 1914, and February 25, 1915, the Russian Imperial Government made seven written contracts with a corporation known as the Curtiss Aeroplane Company, for the manufacture and delivery of forty-eight “K boats,” and two transatlantic “flying boats.” (The other defendants have succeeded to the liabilities *640of the Curtiss Aeroplane Company, hut for simplicity we shall disregard them, and dispose of the case…