Legal Opinion
Markle v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided August 1, 1925No. 683PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, District Judge.
This suit was filed against the United States for damages, arising out of a breach of contract, -and is brought at law under the Tucker Act (24 Stat. 505). The defendant excepts to the petition, claiming that the Suits in Admiralty Act (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, §§ 1251:>4-1251:(4Z) furnishes the exclusive remedy, and, if the suits can be maintained at common law, it is yet barred by the two-year period prescribed in that act.
On both of these points I find with the plaintiff, and overrule the exceptions. Apart from the fact that, outside of Venezuelan Ex. Co. v.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McAllister v. Lambert Transp. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- Venezuelan Meat Export Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1923
- Bennett Day Importing Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- Willard Sutherland & Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1924
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