Mansfield v. United States

When the special act of August 19, 1935, under which this suit was instituted, is interpreted, as it must be in the light of the facts and circumstances obtaining at the time of the actions and orders of the Enforcement Division of the Food Administration in 1918, all of which were fully disclosed to and considered by the Congressional claims committees of the .Senate and the House of Representatives which recommended the passage of the Act, and also when such facts and circumstances, together with the reports of the Senate and House claims committees, are considered in the light of the…