Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. United States

On January 17, 1926, the plaintiff filed its petition in this court, H-22, wherein it sought to recover from the United States the sum of $391,278.63, with interest, for repairing and reconditioning certain vessels owned by the United States Shipping Board. Later, in April 1928, a bill was introduced in the Senate of the United States appropriating the sum of $590,468.82 to the plaintiff as reimbursement for repairing and reconditioning the vessels, the relief to plaintiff proposed in the Senate bill being identical to the relief sought in H-22. This bill was, by Senate Eesolution No. 241,…