United States ex rel. Shinn v. Tennessee

TAYLOR, District Judge.

This is an action under the federal informer statute, 31 U.S.C.A. §§ 231-235, commenced by Frederick W. Shinn, the qui tam plaintiff, against the State of Tennes*636see, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Refining Company, and Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, the complaint charging the defendants with conspiracy to present false claims to the Treasurer of the United States and with presentation of such false claims by each of them, knowing them to be false and fraudulent, and by means of which the defendants have received from the Treasury of…