Crain v. United States

I cannot agree to all the conclusions reached by the majority.

I agree that no amount is due plaintiffs for 1937. However, since plaintiffs fully complied with the program in 1938, defendant concedes that plaintiffs are entitled to payment for that year, except for the offsets which it asserts should be charged against the sum of $77,386.13 that is otherwise due for the year 1938.

*191As to some of these offsets we are in accord, but when the record is read in the light of the conditions then prevailing and considering the hurried nature of the early program, some of these offsets cannot in…