Globe Grain & Milling Co. v. United States

The issues in this case have already been stated. Plaintiff contends that its relations with the defendant were contractual; that the United States Food Administration compelled it to pay amounts which were covered into the Treasury of the United States which neither the Food Administration nor the United States had a right to exact because the plaintiff had not violated the United States Food Administration regulations and had not made unreasonable profits in its milling operations. Plaintiff further insists that it was not bound by the audit of its books made by a representative of the Food…