UNITED STATES v. BEATY CHEVROLET CO.

Civ. A. No. 1850.

116 F.Supp. 810 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. BEATY CHEVROLET CO., Inc., et al.

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

November 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Crawford, Jr., U. S. Dist. Atty., John F. Dugger, Asst. U. S. Dist. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

J. W. Baker, Poore, Cox, Baker & McAuley, Knoxville, Tenn., for defendants.


ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is a suit by the Government against the defendants, Beaty Chevrolet Company, Inc., and S. B. Beaty, to recover a forfeiture of $2,000 and damages in double the amount of $1,589.10 accruing under Title 31 U.S.C.A. § 231, as amended, commonly referred to as the False Claims Statute. Jurisdiction is conferred by 28 U.S.C., secs. 1345 and 1355, and 31 U.S.C.A. § 232.

Recovery is sought on the grounds that the defendants...

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