Mercantile National Bank at Dallas v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff, a national banking association with a place of business in Dallas, Texas, brings this action as an assignee of moneys allegedly due under a supply contract between Minera Fernandez, S.A., of Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, and the United States. The plaintiff seeks in the action to recover moneys withheld and applied by the United States to recoup the amounts of alleged overpay-ments theretofore made by the United States under the contract.

The contract involved in the litigation was entered into as of October 20, 1951. The contracting officer who signed the contract on…