UNITED STATES v. WHITED & WHELESS

No. 204.

246 U.S. 552 (1918)

UNITED STATES v. WHITED & WHELESS, LIMITED, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 15, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful for the United States.

Mr. T. Alexander, Mr. A.L. Alexander and Mr. J.D. Wilkinson for defendants in error.

Mr. Henry McAllister, Jr., by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curice, on behalf of the Exploration Company, Ltd..


MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit to recover from the liquidating commissioners and the former president of a dissolved corporation the value of public lands described in a patent which it is alleged was procured from the Government by the fraudulent conduct of the company and of its president.

A demurrer to the petition was sustained by the District Court, and this judgment was...

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