Greenwood Products Co. v. United States

STRUM, Circuit Judge.

This is an action by the United States against Greenwood Products Company, and others, to recover balances alleged to be due on the value of a large quantity of peanuts destroyed by fire. There was judgment for plaintiff below, from which the defendants appeal. The controlling questions are (a) whether the risk of loss was upon the United States or upon the appellant Greenwood Products Company, and if the latter then (b) the measure of recovery to which the United States is entitled.

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