Air Express International Corporation v. The United States

ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF’S CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

DURFEE, Judge.

This case comes before the court on defendant’s motion and plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment. The sole issue to be decided is whether plaintiff’s claims are barred by our statute of limitations, 28 U.S.C. § 2501 (1964), which provides in pertinent part:

Every claim of which the Court of Claims has jurisdiction shall be barred unless the petition thereon is filed within six years after such claim first accrues. [Emphasis supplied]

The facts of the case, as stipulated by the…