UNITED STATES v. HOUGHAM

No. 17467.

301 F.2d 133 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. E. B. HOUGHAM et al., Appellees. E. B. HOUGHAM et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Orrick, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Morton Hollander, Herbert E. Morris and Anthony L. Mondello, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., and Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Conron, Heard & James, by Calvin H. Conron, Jr., Bakersfield, Cal., for appellees.

Before POPE, BARNES and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judges.

This is an appeal and a cross-appeal from an action brought by the United States1 to recover damages from defendants2 on the ground that they had fraudulently obtained government surplus property in violation of Section 26 of the Surplus Property Act3 (58 Stat. 765, 50 App.U.S.C.A. § 1635, 1946 Ed.), repealed...

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