WILBUR v. UNITED STATES

No. 335.

288 U.S. 97 (1933)

WILBUR, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. CHESTATEE PYRITES & CHEMICAL CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 16, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Richardson, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, and Messrs. W. Marvin Smith, E.C. Finney, and O.H. Graves were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Edgar Watkins, with whom Messrs. Marion Smith, Mac Asbill, and Edgar Watkins, Jr., were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Act of February 13, 1929, c. 182, 45 Stat. 1166, provides —

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any claimant who has heretofore filed with the Secretary of the Interior within the time and manner provided by existing law a claim under said Acts generally known...

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