NATIONAL LEAD CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 123.

252 U.S. 140 (1920)

NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alex. Britton, with whom Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. F.W. Clements were on the brief, for appellant:

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Davis, with whom Mr. Chas. F. Jones was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to recover the difference between the amount of drawback allowed by the Government to the appellant, a corporation, as an exporter of linseed-oil cake, and the amount to which it claims to be entitled under § 22 of the Act of Congress, effective August 27, 1894, c. 349, 28 Stat. 509, which reads as follows:

"That where imported materials on...

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