United States v. Anaconda Wire & Cable Co.

BARD, District Judge.

This matter arises on defendant Anaconda’s motions to quash the return of service of the summons on it and to dismiss the complaint or to stay further proceedings in the action.

The action was instituted under the Revised Statutes of the United States, Sections 3490 to 3493, 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231 to 234, by Helen M. Reichmann, in the name of the United States and in her own name as informer, to recover damages and penalties imposed by these sections for defrauding the United States.

Section 3490, 31 U.S.C.A. § 231, provides that any person not in the armed forces of the United…