M. & J. Tracy, Inc. v. United States

This suit is before us on the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Defendant says that the pleadings show plaintifE’s right to recover, if at all, is on a maritime contract over which the district courts have exclusive jurisdiction.

On May 26,2’9, and 31,1942, defendant requisitioned from plaintiff the use of four of its ships. As required by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, as amended, 49 Stat. 2015, 53 Stat. 1254,1 defendant mailed to plaintiff a requisition charter for the use of each ship, setting forth the terms and conditions *72of what the War Shipping Administration thought was a fair…