Appley Bros. v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PIERSOL, District Judge!

Pending before the Court following a court trial are two issues: (1) whether sellers of grain to Bird Grain Elevator fall within the scope of the United States Warehouse Act to entitle them to damages from the United States in this action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, and (2) whether the United States is entitled to an offset against plaintiffs’ tort damages in this action for the interest amounts previously paid to plaintiffs on partial payments of their claims, either as a result of the federal liquidation of Bird Grain…