WORK v. MASON

No. 4096.

6 F.2d 474 (1925)

WORK, Secretary of the Interior, v. MASON.

Court of Appeals of District of Columbia.

Decided January 5, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice, and BARBER, Judge of the United States Court of Customs Appeals.


BARBER, Acting Associate Justice.

The case was heard below on bill and answer. The decree was for the plaintiff.

The suit was brought in 1923 to restrain the defendant, as Secretary of the Interior, from licensing or issuing oil-prospecting permits to various parties, under the act of February 25, 1920 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, §§ 4640¼-4640¼ss), authorizing them to enter upon lands claimed by the plaintiff, alleging that such action...

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