Legal Opinion
National Refining Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1947No. 13440PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The United States and the National Refining Company are rival claimants to a fund in the Registry of the District Court. The fund was awarded to the United States, and the Refining Company has appealed.
The fund in suit, which amounts to $1,519.75, represents a commission earned by R. Newton McDowell for his services, as agent for the Government, in securing an option for it upon one of the tracts of land acquired 1 by it for the erection of the Weldon Spring Ordnance Plant in St. Charles County, Missouri. The fund was deposited by the Government in the Registry of the…
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- United States v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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