United Fruit Co. v. United States

These cases are before the court on plaintiff’s motion to strike defendant’s third and fourth special defenses. Inasmuch as these defenses raise the question of the jurisdiction of this court, we think it is necessary to now act upon the question raised by them. Erie Basin Metal Products Co. v. United States, 123 C. Cls. 433.

In case No. 460-56 plaintiff, a steamship company, sues for compensation for the carriage of mail sacks from the United States to foreign ports for the period October 1,1950 to July 31,1954, and in case No. 568-57, for the period of August 1, 1954 to December 31, 1956. In…