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UNITED STATES v. WORK

4 F.2d 172 (1925)

UNITED STATES ex rel. SANTA FÉ PAC. R. CO. v. WORK, Secretary of the Interior.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided February 2, 1925.

Motion for Rehearing Denied February 7, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. W. Clements, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

C. E. Wright, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROBB and VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justices, and SMITH, Judge of United States Court of Customs Appeals.

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellant railway company appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, denying a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to issue a patent for certain land selected by it in compliance with the Act of Congress of April 28, 1904, 33 Stat. 556.

The act, among other things, provides that appellant railroad company "may, when requested by the Secretary of the Interior so to do, relinquish...

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