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UNITED STATES v. PAYNE

No. 12497.

30 F.2d 960 (1929)

UNITED STATES v. PAYNE et al.

District Court, W. D. Washington, N. D.

February 15, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Savage, U. S. Atty., and Tom De Wolfe, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Seattle, Wash.

Theo. S. Turner and Preston, Thorgrimson & Turner, all of Seattle, Wash., for defendant Casualty Co.

NETERER, District Judge.

Departmental construction of a statute should be given weight, and when there is doubt the court will adopt the departmental interpretation of a statute. Hewitt v. Schultz, 180 U.S. 139, 21 S.Ct. 309, 45 L. Ed. 463. The contemporaneous construction of a statute by the Attorney General is entitled to great respect. United States v. G. Falk & Bros., 204 U.S. 143, 27 S.Ct. 191...

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