CURTIS CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 341, and Nos. 342-364.

262 U.S. 215 (1923)

CURTIS, COLLINS & HOLBROOK COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. (And Twenty-three Other Cases.)

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles A. Shurtleff, with whom Mr. Robert B. Gaylord and Mr. Morris R. Clark were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. S.W. Williams, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter were on the brief, for the United States.


Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Circuit Court of Appeals attached importance to the conduct of Collins toward Tuman and the compromise made between him and Holbrook, to his willingness to abandon other titles secured by Holbrook when questioned, and to the long delay in recording the deeds to the Company (Linn & Lane Timber Co. v. United States, 236 U.S. 574...

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