DUNN v. ICKES

No. 7652.

115 F.2d 36 (1940)

DUNN v. ICKES, Secretary of Interior.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond M. Hudson, Minor Hudson, Geoffrey Creyke, Jr., and Frank M. Chapin, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Nathan R. Margold, Sol., and Frederick L. Kirgis, Harry M. Edelstein, Jackson E. Price, and Phineas Indritz, of Sol.'s Office, Interior Department, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and VINSON, Associate Justices.


VINSON, Associate Justice.

An application was made by the appellant for an oil lease in certain lands, allegedly in the public domain, with the Register of the United States Public Land Office at Los Angeles, California. This application was denied on the ground that the land in question had previously "been patented by the United States as a confirmed private land claim", and that decision was affirmed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. An appeal was...

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