Standard Dredging Co. v. United States

The defendant at the outset contends that this court has no jurisdiction to determine the issues of this case for the reason that plaintiff has failed to meet the requirements of section 180 of the Judicial Code, 36 Stat. 1141, under which one of its claims is made; that in bringing this suit in its own behalf, the plaintiff must allege and admit that it is or has been indebted to the United States as an officer or agent thereof or by virtue of a contract therewith, failing in which *238it lias failed' to state a cause of action within the jurisdiction of this court.

There is no merit in this…