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UNITED STATES v. RIPPETOE

No. 5974.

178 F.2d 735 (1949)

UNITED STATES et al. v. RIPPETOE et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Love, Pro Se (Burdette W. Bergman and J. Baumhofer, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief), for appellants.

Samuel Want, Darlington, S. C., J. Spencer Bell, Charlotte, N. C., and A. L. Hardee, Florence, S. C. (Willcox, Hardee, Houck & Palmer, Florence, S. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.

PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for defendant in an informer's suit instituted under 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231 and 232 to recover on account of alleged fraud in the presentation of a claim against the United States. Plaintiff alleged, not only that the claim was false, but also that there was corruption on the part of government officials in dealing with it. The learned District Judge thought that, because plaintiff did not negative...

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