Jackson v. United States

In each of these two suits Milton C. Jackson sues in a different representative capacity. The asserted causes of action in the two suits are identical, each being based upon the same transactions between Southern Trading Company and the United States Maritime Commission and its successor agency, the United States Maritime Administration. The plaintiff could not, of course, recover in both suits. We find it unnecessary to consider the differences between the two suits, since we have concluded that the statute of limitations is a bar to the cause of action upon which both suits are based.

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