Suwannee Steamship Co. v. United States

RE, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff steamship company brought this action to recover customs duties paid on certain repairs made in foreign ports to the “S.S. Volusia.” It maintains that the duties should have been remitted by the Secretary of the Treasury because the foreign repairs were the result of a casualty.

Contending that there is no genuine issue of fact which requires a trial, the defendant has moved for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 8.2 of the rules of this court. Since plaintiff did not controvert the facts stated in the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, those facts are deemed…