OLSON v. MELLON

Nos. 7560-7566.

4 F.Supp. 947 (1933)

OLSON v. MELLON. UNITED STATES ex rel. KNIGHT v. MELLON et al.

District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

October 18, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chas. A. Russell and Harrison F. McConnell, both of Washington, D. C., Robert A. Henderson, of Altoona, Pa., and M. C. Rhone, of Williamsport, Pa., for plaintiff Olson.

Morris L. Marcus and Reich & Reich, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., and William A. Gray and David Stock, both of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff Knight.

H. L. Stone, William Watson Smith, Leon E. Hickman, and Smith, Buchanan, Scott & Gordon, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants Mellon and others.


GIBSON, District Judge.

In each of the above-entitled cases a statutory demurrer has been filed by the defendant. The cases are qui tam actions, wherein the plaintiff alleges in each that the defendant has defrauded the United States of income tax due by means of a false and fraudulent return, and seeks a verdict in behalf of the United States and himself for twice the amount of the alleged unpaid tax and the statutory penalty of $2,000 imposed upon one who has presented...

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