Pope v. United States

53 F.Supp. 570 (1944)

POPE

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 45704.

Court of Claims.

January 3, 1944.

Writ of Certiorari Granted April 3, 1944.

Herman J. Galloway and George R. Shields, both of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Philip Mechem, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, and MADDEN, Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Granted April 3, 1944. See 64 S.Ct. 846.

MADDEN, Judge.

This suit is here by virtue of a special act of Congress, the text of which is quoted later in this opinion. The facts preceding the enactment…