UNITED STATES v. MURPHY-COOK & CO.

No. 16585.

123 F.Supp. 806 (1954)

UNITED STATES v. MURPHY-COOK & CO., Inc. et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., G. Clinton Fogwell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Lemuel B. Schofield, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

I am of the opinion that the effect of the War Time Suspension of Limitations Act,1 as amended by the Contract Settlement Act of 1944, 58 Stat. 667, 41 U.S. C.A. § 101 et seq., was to suspend the running of the limitation, contained in the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C.A. § 231 et seq., until three years after the termination of hostilities as proclaimed by the President, and that, therefore, the action...

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