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United States v. Frederick Raff Co.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nov 24, 1959
271 F.2d 415 (1st Cir. 1959)

Opinion

No. 5564.

November 24, 1959.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Herbert D. Lewis, Boston, Mass., with whom David S. Smith, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Norman B. Silk, Boston, Mass., with whom Edward O. Proctor, Jr., and Ely, Bartlett, Brown Proctor, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellees.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.


In our view the case at bar is ruled by the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in MacEvoy Co. v. United States, 1944, 322 U.S. 102, 64 S.Ct. 890, 88 L.Ed. 1163, as construed and applied in United States v. Blount Bros. Const. Co., D.C.Md. 1958, 168 F. Supp. 407, and Elmer v. United States F. G. Co., D.C. S.D.Miss. 1959, 174 F. Supp. 437; McGregor Architectural Iron Co. v. Merritt-Chapman Scott Corp., D.C.M.D.Pa. 1957, 150 F. Supp. 323, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Judgment will be entered affirming the judgment of the District Court.


Summaries of

United States v. Frederick Raff Co.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Nov 24, 1959
271 F.2d 415 (1st Cir. 1959)
Case details for

United States v. Frederick Raff Co.

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, for the Use and Benefit of W.J. HALLORAN STEEL…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Date published: Nov 24, 1959

Citations

271 F.2d 415 (1st Cir. 1959)

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