A. H. Bull Steamship Co. v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff purchased two ships from the Government under the Merchant Ship-Sales Act of 1946, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq. In connection with the purchase it deposited $3,150 with the Government to pay for “desirable features.” It now asserts that the Government’s attempt to require it to pay for desirable features on the ships is not consistent with the-formula contained in the Act for the calculation of the selling price of the ships.

The pertinent portions of the Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 41, as amended, 62 Stat. 1199, 50 App.U.S.C.A. § 1735 ff., 46…