Corona Coal Co. v. Davis

BURNS, District Judge.

Plaintiff sues for an alleged balance of $17,794.47, with interest due for coal delivered to the United States Railroad Administration between December 31, 1917, and July 1, 1919. The suit is nominally against James C. Davis, Director General of Railroads, as Agent for the President, and arises out of plaintiff’s coal contract with the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway, which contract was subsistent when the latter passed, under federal control. The prayer is for a money judgment against the United States of America. It is brought under the provisions of section…