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KING v. PUTNAM INVESTMENT CO.

No. 10.

248 U.S. 23 (1918)

KING v. PUTNAM INVESTMENT COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lee Monroe for plaintiff in error. Mr. James A. McClure and Mr. C.M. Monroe were also on the brief.

Mr. B.I. Litowich for defendant in error.

Memorandum for the court by THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

Having previously considered this case (82 Kansas, 216; 87 Kansas, 842) the court awarded relief because of the violation of a contract of employment to procure the sale of real estate. 96 Kansas, 109.

The case is here in reliance upon a federal question based upon the assumption that the authority to sell included land belonging to the United States covered by an inchoate homestead entry. But the court below...

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