Knowles v. United States

DE VANE, Chief Judge.

This case came on for trial before the Court on May 31, 1955, without a jury, and at the conclusion of the hearing at *679that time, the Court entered a judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $4,-981.67 principal, with lawful interest thereon. The judgment of this Court was reversed by the Court of Appeals in United States v. Knowles, 5 Cir., 235 F.2d 177, and the case was remanded to this Court for retrial.

On the first trial the Court held that the statute of limitations was tolled, for reasons stated below, following the decision of this Court in Smith v. United…