UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN PACKING CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 132-52.

125 F.Supp. 788 (1954)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN PACKING CORPORATION, a corporation, William Schwartz, Samuel Goldberger, Emanuel Kohn, Sol Schwartz, Adolph Kaplan, Celina Kaplan, Robert O. Bayne, Max Gerstl and Henry Herzfeld, Defendants.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

November 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin C. Taylor, William M. Lytle, Joe F. Nowlin, Aubert C. Dunn, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Hudspeth & Harris, Harry Harris, I. Charles Lifland, Michael F. Reilly, Jersey City, N. J., Joseph F. Walsh, Newark, N. J., for defendants.


MEANEY, District Judge.

The United States of America instituted the present suit against the defendants for damages and forfeitures to which it alleges it is entitled. The Government asserts that the defendants conspired to file or caused to be filed false claims against it, which claims were paid, and that by reason thereof the Government suffered damages and is entitled to the twofold remedy of forfeitures in the sum of $2,000 for each fraudulent claim and an amount...

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