Company Protested the Government's Withholding of the Sum Equal to Its Cargo Damage Claim
B-187627
Published: Jan 14, 1977. Publicly Released: Jan 14, 1977.
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Company protested the government withholding the sum equal to its cargo damage claim, and argued that the government has no right of common law settoff. A government agency may exercise its common law right of setoff if a prima facie case of carrier liability is established, as it was in this case, and the right is not limited to overcharges.