Case Name: UNITED STATES v. O'BRIEN et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1908-05-20
Citations: 163 F. 1022
Docket Number: No. 269
Parties: UNITED STATES v. O’BRIEN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 163
Pages: 1022–1023

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES v. O’BRIEN et al.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 20, 1908.)
No. 269.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Submitted without argument.
Before LACOMBE, COXE, and WARD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The facts are the same as when these cases were here before. Our former opinion was filed January 7, 1908. 159 Fed.. 671. Upon the second trial the government amended the complaints by reducing the amount of its claims. This enabled defendants to include among the grounds upon which they moved for direction of verdict in their favor the following: "The government having retained the penalty, -which it was authorized to retain, has exercised the sole and exclusive and entire right it had under the terms of the contract." The decision of the trial judge in granting this motion was in accord with the opinion of a majority of this court as indicated in the former opinion. Judgment affirmed.