UNITED STATES v. McNINCH

Nos. 7224, 7321, 7333.

242 F.2d 359 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Howard A. McNINCH, d/b/a The Home Comfort Company, Rosalie McNinch and Garis P. Zeigler, Appellees. Frederick L. TOEPLEMAN, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee and Cross-Appellant. CATO BROS., Incorporated, Wilfred R. Cato, William R. Cato, and Magie L. Dunn (nee: Magie L. Stone), Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Reargued January 14, 1957.

Decided February 28, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No. 7224.

William W. Ross, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., N. Welch Morrisette, Jr., U. S. Atty., Columbia, S. C., and Melvin Richter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

E. W. Mullins and Edwin P. Gardner, Columbia, S. C. (Nelson, Mullins & Grier, Columbia, S. C., on the brief), for appellees.

No. 7321.

B. S. Royster, Jr., Oxford, N. C. (Frank W. Hancock, Jr., Oxford, N. C., on the brief), for appellant and cross-appellee.

William W. Ross, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Julian T. Gaskill, U. S. Atty., Goldsboro, N. C., and Melvin Richter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee and cross-appellant.

No. 7333.

Charles W. Laughlin and A. C. Epps, Richmond, Va. (Christian, Barton, Parker & Boyd, Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

William W. Ross, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lester S. Parsons, Jr., U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., and Melvin Richter, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and BRYAN, District Judge.


PARKER, Chief Judge.

These are appeals from judgments in actions instituted under the Federal False Claims Act, R.S. §§ 3490, 5438, 31 U.S.C.A. § 231. In No. 7224 the action was grounded on false representations made in obtaining the guaranty by the Federal Housing Administration of loans made to defendants by a bank. Judgment was entered for defendants and the United States has appealed. See United States v. McNinch, D.C., 138 F.Supp...

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