UNITED STATES v. WITHERSPOON

No. 2041.

110 F.Supp. 364 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. WITHERSPOON.

United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, N. D.

February 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand Powell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Clyde W. Key, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant.


ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This action was commenced under the false claims statute, 31 U.S.C.A. § 231 et seq. By amended complaint, the action is laid under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, 40 U.S. C.A. § 489. It is an action to recover from defendant damages and a penalty of $2,000 on each of eight counts for alleged fraudulent use of veteran's preference certificates in the purchase of war surplus goods from the War...

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