United States v. Kraus

PAGE, Circuit Judge.'

Plaintiff, after demurrer was sustained, abided by its complaint ; hence this appeal.

The question is: Does the complaint show a right in the government to recover from defendants, who were wool dealers at Ft. Wayne, Ind., the profits received by them from their dealings in the 1918 domestic wool clip, to the extent that such profits were in excess of a gross profit of 5 per cent, on their season’s business ?

The controversy grows out of what preceded and what followed the signing by defendants, and the delivery to the War Industries Board, of the following:

“I, the…