National Mutual Insurance Company of District of Columbia v. Tidewater Transfer Company, Inc.

Mr. David G. Bress, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

Messrs. Wendell D. Allen and Francis B. Burch, Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

Sol. Gen. Philip B. Perlman, Washington, D.C., for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Justice JACKSON announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which Mr. Justice BLACK and Mr. Justice BURTON join.