Excavating Equipment Dealers, Inc. v. United States

Jones, Judge,

delivered1 the opinion of the court:

This action was brought by the Excavating Equipment Dealers, Inc., to recover from the United States the reasonable value of the alleged retention and use by the defendant of one used P. & H. Model 206-B Dragline, which, with certain attachments, plaintiff claims was retained and used during the period from September 27, 1932 to May 12, 1933. Plaintiff also claims damages for repair, reconditioning, loading, and freight.

The plaintiff was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. It was one of the two subsidiaries of the…