United States v. Arkansas Mills

COLLET, Circuit Judge.

This action was filed October 31, 1952, by the United States to recover portions of subsidies paid defendants during 1946. A motion to dismiss the complaint was sustained on the ground that the government’s claim was barred by the statute of limitations. From the judgment of dismissal this appeal is taken.

Defendants and their predecessors were dealers in and processors of soybeans. About September 25, 1945, they entered into a “1945 Soybean Program Processor Contract” with the Commodity Credit Corporation, a well known government agency. The contract was formulated to…