Hodges v. United States

Whitaker, Jwdg/3,

delivered the opinion of the court:

This case is before us on defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s petition. That motion disregards the naming of the United States Army as the defendant, instead of the United States, and is grounded on, first, the bar of the statute of limitations, and, second, the lack of authority to bind the United States of those alleged to have requisitioned plaintiff’s property.

Plaintiff alleges in his petition that a lieutenant of the Panay guerrillas, one Abelardo Muyco, alleged to be the commanding officer of the guerrillas in the Passi Sector,…