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GORDON v. UNITED STATES

No. 45170.

36 F.Supp. 639 (1941)

GORDON v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

February 3, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Wise, of New York City (Elliott L. Biskind and William Esbitt, both of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff.

Rawlings Ragland, of Washington, D. C., and Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen. (E. Leo Backus, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, JONES, and GREEN, Judges.

WHITAKER, Judge.

This case is before us on a demurrer to plaintiff's petition. Plaintiff alleges that he furnished original information to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue showing that the valuation of some of the assets of a certain estate were false and fraudulent and as a result of this information there was collected from said estate the sum of $1,998,000. Plaintiff sues to recover 10 percent of that amount as an informer's fee, which he claims was authorized...

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