Standard Fruit & Steamship Co. v. United States

Plaintiff sues for $103,565.15, an amount alleged to be due it by the defendant for the carriage of mails between April 16, 1937, and March 1942.

Plaintiff is the successor of Yaccaro Bros, and Company. It operates steamers between the United States and Jamacia, Cuba, and Central American countries. For a number of years its ships have carried mails between the United States and some or all of these countries. It had no formal contract therefor. Its right to recover, if at all, arises from the following transactions:

On or about the first of each month plaintiff received from the Post Office…