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UNITED STATES v. WILLOUGHBY

No. 15504.

250 F.2d 524 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Helen McCarthy WILLOUGHBY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 2, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Melvin Richter, Seymour Farber, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Adolph Feierbach, Visalia, Cal., for appellee.

Before BONE, LEMMON and BARNES, Circuit Judges.

LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

"Men," said Mr. Associate Justice Holmes, "must turn square corners when they deal with the government."1

In the instant case, the insured, when dealing with the Government, constructed a labyrinth of falsehoods and evasions that would hamper any administrative Theseus seeking the Minotaur of truth.

1. Statement of the Case and of the Facts

This action was brought by the appellee...

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