SORENSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 14379.

226 F.2d 460 (1955)

Hans J. SORENSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon F. Gant, Modesto, Cal., for appellant.

Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Harold Weise, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Edmund B. Clark, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., John E. Lynch, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, HEALY, Circuit Judge, and JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.


DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Sorenson appeals from a decision of the District Court holding him and his former partner, Theo. O. Lydecker, liable to the United States Government for rentals on a lease with the Department of Agriculture of certain property owned by the Government and a contract with the Commodity Credit Corporation for the delivery of certain dehydrated potatoes. It is not questioned that the United States may sue on these contracts.

A. The Lease...

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