MURRAY & SORENSON, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 4667.

207 F.2d 119 (1953)

MURRAY & SORENSON, Inc. et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

September 23, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Kiernan, Providence, R. I. (Peter W. Kiernan, Providence, R. I., on the brief), for appellants.

Melvin Richter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Edward M. McEntee, U. S. Atty., Joseph L. Breen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Providence, R. I., and Paul A. Sweeney, Marvin C. Taylor and John A. Ryan, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, WOODBURY, Circuit Judge, and FORD, District Judge.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered for the United States after trial without a jury of a suit brought for the recovery of forfeitures and double damages under the False Claims Statute, R. S. §§ 3490-3492, 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231-233, which, as embodied in the Code, is quoted in material part in the margin.1 The essential evidentiary facts as found...

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