Sherwood Distilling Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.

DOBIE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in favor of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (hereinafter called R. F. C.) in its civil action to recover damages from the Sherwood Distilling Company (hereinafter called Sherwood) for breach of contract. The District Court gave judgment for $36,054.77, representing the principal amount of $35,232.36 claimed by R. F. C. with interest of $822.41. For opinion below, see 107 F.Supp. 873.

During World War II, whiskey distilleries were in large part converted to the…