United States ex rel. Chestatee Pyrites & Chemical Corp. v. Wilbur

WHEAT, Acting Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District, denying a petition of the relator for review, pursuant to the Act of February 13, 1929 (chapter 182, 45 Stat. 1166), of the action of the Secretary of the Interior in rejecting a claim filed under section 5 of the Act of March 2, 1919 (chapter 94, 40 Stat. 1272, 1274), commonly called the War Minerals Relief Act, as amended by Act Nov. 23, 1921 (50 USCA § 80 note, p. 92).

The sole question presented is whether interest paid or agreed to be paid by the relator on borrowed money expended in…