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GOODYEAR CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 159.

276 U.S. 287 (1928)

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 12, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Spencer Gordon, with whom Mr. Dean Acheson was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Galloway, and Messrs. James J. Lenihan and John E. Hoover, Attorneys in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Goodyear Company brought this action under the Tucker Act,1 to recover rent claimed under a lease to the United States. The petition was dismissed, on demurrer, for failure to state a cause of action. 62 Ct. Cls. 370.

The facts alleged were these: In October, 1921, the predecessor of the Goodyear Company leased to the United States...

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