United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Eichberg

VAN ORSDEL, Associate .Justice.

This case has been here on two former appeals, 51 App. D. C. 44, 273 F. 886, and 52 App. D. C. 194, 285 F. 928, and once on petition for mandamus filed by the present appellant, No. 984 original, which was denied without opinion.

As set forth in our former opinion, in 51 App. D. C. 44, 273 F. 886, a contract was made between the plaintiff and defendant, Emergency Fleet Corporation, in which plaintiff agreed to sell and deliver to the defendant certain lumber. Subsequently, after plaintiff had- started operations to produce the lumber, the defendant canceled the…