Dupree v. United States

LORD, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on defendant’s Motion to Dismiss. The Government contends that the complaint fails to state a cause of action with respect to which the United States has consented to be sued in accordance with the Federal Tort Claims Act, Title 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b) and 2680(a).

Plaintiff alleges that in 1930 the United States Coast Guard issued to him a five year master’s license, which certified his fitness to be a matter of merchant vessels of unlimited tonnage. The license was reissued each five years thereafter. In September, 1950 plaintiff sought…