Van Meter v. United States

47 F.2d 192 (1931)

VAN METER

v.

UNITED STATES.

Nos. 110, 164.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 5, 1931.

John S. Powers, of Buffalo, N. Y. (Melville Church, C. B. Des Jardins, and C. C. Calhoun, all of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

Charles B. Rugg, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard H. Templeton, U. S. Atty., and Harold B. Ehrlich, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Buffalo, N. Y. (J. Frank Mothershead and Paul P. Stoutenburgh, both of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for the United States.

Before MANTON, L. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This suit was tried,…