Legal Opinion
Twentier v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 13, 1953No. 50340PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLETON, Judge.
This is an action brought by a partnership for damages of $41,075.54 caused by loss of and damage to shipments of fourth class, unprotected mail. The theory of plaintiff’s case is that the damage was caused by reason of the breach by the defendant of an implied contract of bailment. Defendant has filed a motion to dismiss on the ground that the carriage and delivery of mail being a public function, the United States is not responsible to the owner of mail lost in transportation.
From the allegations of the petition it .appears that in June of 1945, Max Twentier, acting for…
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