Boyd-Campbell Co. v. United States

KENHERLY, District Judge.

Statement of Pleadings.

Plaintiff, a Texas corporation, sues the defendant, the United States of America, in its capacity as owner of merchant vessels operated by the United States Shipping Board, and/or the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation, upon an alleged or so-called arrangement, agreement, or contract of indemnity. It is alleged:

That plaintiff maintained a force of employees (longshoremen) to do the stevedoring work of defendant, i. e., load and unload cargoes into and from defendant’s vessels, at Corpus Christi, Tex., and that, in connection…