Standard Nut Margarine Co. v. Mellon

*11Opinion- on Demurrer

ADKINS, J.

Plaintiff brings this suit against Andrew W. Mellon, formerly Secretary of the Treasury, and Ogden L. Mills, formerly Undersecretary and at times Acting Secretary of the Treasury, to recover damages in the sum of $250,000 alleged to have been caused by acts committed by defendants in their official positions. R. M. Estes, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue, was sued originally but plaintiff has dismissed as to him.

In 1928 plaintiff began the manufacture of a cooking compound composed principally of cocoanut oil and peanut oil and of small amounts of…