Roberson v. United States

*858LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiff brings this suit under the Act of June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 941 and 978, 28 U.S.C. § 1495 and § 2513, to recover $5,-000 (the statutory maximum) on account of damages allegedly sustained by him because of his erroneous conviction of offenses against the United States and imprisonment therefor.

Defendant urges: (1) That plaintiff’s conviction by a Navy General Court Martial which was later held by a United States District Court not to have had jurisdiction of plaintiff’s person is not such an unjust conviction as is contemplated by the unjust conviction statute; (2)…