P. De Ronde & Co. v. United States

This case is before the court upon a demurrer to the amended petition. The plaintiff at the request of the Department of Justice in June, 1920, purchased a large quantity of sugar in the Argentine Republic for importation into the United States and to be sold under the direction of the department. It appears from the report of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, set forth in the petition, that after the purchase by plaintiff of the sugar for importation the fact was widely heralded with the result that the price of sugar in the American market declined and plaintiff requested…