Bryan v. United States

FRANKLIN E. KENNAMER, District Judge.

The substance of the allegations of the plaintiffs’ petition are found in the opinion of the court in this case, D.C., 20 F.Supp. 878. The amended petition contains the same allegations plus an allegation that the United States government, through its representatives, had information as to the falseness of the returns which were made, failed to disclose that information to the cestui que trustents, and it is sought to charge the government agents with being parties to the fraud.

Plaintiffs now contend that the equitable doctrine that fraudulent conduct…