UNITED STATES v. ARMOUR & COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 3673-54.

146 F.Supp. 546 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, on relation of Mildred B. McCANS, and Mildred B. McCans on her own behalf, Plaintiff, v. ARMOUR & COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

November 27, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy St. Lewis and Carl L. Shipley, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Perry S. Patterson (of Kirkland, Fleming, Green, Martin & Ellis), Washington, D. C., for defendant.


PINE, District Judge.

This is a qui tam action under 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231-233 and 235, sometimes referred to as the False Claims Act. It is brought in the name of the United States by relator Mildred B. McCans. It alleges the commission by defendant of certain wrongful acts hereinafter set forth, and seeks to recover damages and forfeitures. The statute permits the United States to intervene, but this it has declined...

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