Dupree v. United States

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff alleges that he was the holder of a master’s license, which authorized him to function as the master of any merchant vessel, but that in September 1950 and from then on until November 9, 1955, the Coast Guard denied him the certificate required by the act of August 9, 1950, 64 Stat. 427, 50 U.S.C.A. § 191, and Executive Order 10173, U.S.Code Cong.Service 1950, p. 1661, and that as a result he was prevented from following his vocation of a ship’s master, and thereby lost wages, for which he sues, together with incidental expenses. Defendant moves to dismiss for lack…