Case Name: FIRST NAT. S. S. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD MERCHANT FLEET CORPORATION
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1943-01-22
Citations: 135 F.2d 469
Docket Number: No. 8253
Parties: FIRST NAT. S. S. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD MERCHANT FLEET CORPORATION.
Judges: Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and VINSON, Associate Justices.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 135
Pages: 469–469

Head Matter:
FIRST NAT. S. S. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD MERCHANT FLEET CORPORATION.
No. 8253.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Decided Jan. 22, 1943.
No appearance for appellant.
Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and Charles B. Murray and Bernard J. Long, Assistant United States Attorneys, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.
Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and VINSON, Associate Justices.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellants' complaint, filed October 6, 1941, against appellee Fleet Corporation, seeking to recover certain deposits which they allegedly made with the Fleet Corporation, and for other relief.
Appellee has moved to dismiss. It appears that this Court has allowed appellants several extensions of time to file objections to the motion to dismiss. Thus far objections have not been filed, and the time for filing same has expired. The motion to dismiss is based on the ground that § 203 of the Merchant Marine Act of June 29, 1936, 49 Stat. 1985, 46 U.S.C.A. § 1113, deprived the Fleet Corporation of the capacity to be sued. We so ruled in United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation v. First National S. S. Co., 73 App.D.C. 237, 119 F.2d 6. We are therefore of the view that the order of the lower court dismissing the complaint was right and that this appeal should be dismissed.
It is so ordered.