Case Name: Ansel Byron Thomas, Alvin Cecil Thomas and Ruby Amelia Hoover v. The United States, defendant, and Beech Creek Railroad Company and Penn Central Company, third-party defendants
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-10-02
Citations: 193 Ct. Cl. 1083
Docket Number: No. 352-69
Parties: Ansel Byron Thomas, Alvin Cecil Thomas and Ruby Amelia Hoover v. The United States, defendant, and Beech Creek Railroad Company and Penn Central Company, third-party defendants
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 193
Pages: 1083–1084

Head Matter:
No. 352-69.
October 2, 1970
Ansel Byron Thomas, Alvin Cecil Thomas and Ruby Amelia Hoover v. The United States, defendant, and Beech Creek Railroad Company and Penn Central Company, third-party defendants

Opinion:
Counterclaim; third-party, impleading of. — Plaintiffs brought this suit to recover from the United States as defendant for the taking of a leasehold interest. This case comes before the court on plaintiffs' motion to dismiss the counterclaim of the third-party defendants against plaintiffs and has been considered, together with the opposition thereto, without oral argument. Defendant has filed a cross-petition against the third-party defendants under an indemnity agreement, and said third-parties, besides answering, have counterclaimed against plaintiffs for alleged breaches of provisions in the leases by the plaintiffs. Plaintiffs, having moved to dismiss the counterclaim, the court hereby determines that the cause asserted in said counterclaim is, if valid, a separate cause of action which is beyond the authority of this court to decide. See Rolls Royce Ltd. v. United States, 176 Ct. Cl. 694, 364 F. 2d 415 (1966). On October 2, 1970 the court granted plaintiffs' motion to dismiss the counterclaim, and dismissed the counterclaim without prejudice.