Baltimore Mail S. S. Co. v. United States

GLENN, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of the United States in a suit brought by the appellant, Baltimore Mail Steamship Company, to recover alleged excessive interest paid to the United States. The alleged excessive interest was paid on a government loan made through the agency of the United States Shipping Board to the appellant company for the reconstruction of a vessel bought from the United States. The sale of the vessel and the enabling loan were in keeping with the policy of the government to aid American steamship companies, especially when the vessels…