Grover v. Merritt Development Co.

NORDBYE, District Judge.

The War Minerals Relief Act was passed on March 2, 1919. Its principal object was “to relieve persons and companies who had been invited by the government to invest money in the production or preparation for the production of certain metals or materials for use in the war, and who had incurred expense and suffered losses because of the armistice, and the lack of market for such products.” Ickes v. Cuyuna Mining & Investment Co., 63 App.D.C. 91, 69 F.2d 662, 663. Section 5 of the Act, 40 Stat. 1272, 50 U.S.C.A. § 80 note, provides in part:

"That the Secretary of 'the…