Eastport Steamship Corp. v. United States

This case is presently before the court on plaintiff’s motion to strike defendant’s answer and for other relief.

*177Plaintiff recovered a judgment in this court on June 8, 1954, for $54,097.16, and on August 26,1954, Congress appropriated funds to pay this judgment. On September 29,1954, the Comptroller General offset against it the sum of $81,102.71 which he claimed plaintiff owed defendant under a bareboat charter, and paid plaintiff the balance.

Plaintiff then commenced an action in this court on October 7, 1954, to recover the amount withheld. Defendant moved to dismiss plaintiff’s petition on…