UNITED STATES v. DIAMOND COAL & COKE CO.

No. 87.

255 U.S. 323 (1921)

UNITED STATES v. DIAMOND COAL & COKE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 7, 1921.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Nebeker, with whom Mr. H.L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for the United States:

Mr. W.B. Rodgers, with whom Mr. L.O. Evans, Mr. D.M. Kelly and Mr. B.M. Ausherman were on the brief, for appellee:


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit, begun by the United States against the Diamond Coal & Coke Company in October, 1917, had a threefold object: (1) To cancel 18 patents granted to that number of persons, at dates ranging from 14 to 20 years prior to the commencement of the suit, and covering 2,283 acres of coal land situated in the Evanston Land District, State of Wyoming; (2) to cancel...

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