Legal Opinion
Defense Supplies Corp. v. Lawrence Warehouse Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1949No. 298PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
We are asked to assess the effect of the Defense Supplies Corporation’s dissolution on an action to which it was a party at the time of dissolution. Petitioners are the Defense Supplies Corporation and the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation. Both are arms of the United States Government.
Defense Supplies Corporation brought action against respondents in the District Court for the Northern District of California, in February, 1944, alleging respondents’ negligent destruction of automobile tires owned by Defense Supplies and stored by respondents. Respondents denied their negligence. The…
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