WANN v. ICKES

No. 6850.

92 F.2d 215 (1937)

WANN v. ICKES, Secretary of the Interior.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 7, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Rogers, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Frederick Bernays Wiener, of Providence, R. I., and Jackson E. Price, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.


VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant, plaintiff below, filed an amended bill of complaint seeking to compel the Secretary of the Interior to issue to him an oil and gas lease for certain lands in Caddo parish, La. From an order of the lower court dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals.

On August 5, 1935, plaintiff posted on the lands in question a notice of his intention to apply for a permit to prospect for gas...

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