Hartford & N. Y. Transp. Co. v. United States

PLATT, District Judge.

The petition in this proceeding was filed to recover a judgment for $5,000 for salvage services rendered by the steam tug Sachem to the United States vessel Pontiac and government property on board the latter, under the circumstances set forth in the findings of fact hereinafter made. It has been determined that services of this character give rise to an implied contract, within Act Cong. March 3, 1887, c. 359, 24 Stat. 505 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 752], commonly known as the “Tucker Act.” U. S. v. Morgan, 99 Fed. 570, 39 C. C. A. 653; Cornell Steamboat Co. v. The…