Luckenbach Steamship Co. v. United States

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Chief Justice Taft,

announced by

Mr. Justice Van Devanter.

This was a suit in the Court of Claims by the Luckenbach Steamship Company, petitioner, against the United States to recover $30,370.94 claimed by the petitioner as a balance due for transporting mails of the United States, in steamships of United States registry, between ports of the United States and ports in the Canal Zone, from December 1, 1925, to June 30, 1926. Judgment went against the petitioner, 66 C. Cls. 679, and a petition to this Court for a review on certiorari was granted.

That the petitioner…