Cahill v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation

MILLER, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Frank R. Cahill, Jr., brought this action for himself and for the United States of America against the defendant Curtiss-Wright Corporation, pursuant to the provisions of Title 31 U.S.C.A. §§231 and 232, which deal with actions by informers respecting persons making false claims against the Government. He asks judgment in the penal sum of $2,000, as provided by the statute, and in the further sum of $10,000,000, being double the amount of damage which it is alleged the United States has sustained by reason of the alleged illegal acts complained of. The…