United States v. Garner

CRAVEN, District Judge.

This ease was begun November 12, 1952, and is the oldest civil action now pending in the Eastern District of North Carolina. The controversy itself is twenty years old. It arises from an effort by the United States to recover alleged overpayments received by Garner for the transportation of government property during the latter part of World War II.

The complaint filed by the United States alleged simply the right to recover any overpayment, and that an audit showed that the defendant had been overpaid $30,372.18 “in that numerous bills submitted by the defendant and…