Pownall v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of the United States in an action wherein the United States sought to recover the sum of $113,709.19, claimed to be due and owing by virtue of an order made by the Under-Secretary of War under the authority of the Federal Renegotiation Act determining that appellants' had made excess profits in such amount during the fiscal year ending December 31, 1943.

The United States instituted an action at law to recover from appellants $113,709.-19 allegedly due under an order made by the Under-Secretary of War on December 27,…