FORBES v. UNITED STATES

No. 9799.

125 F.2d 404 (1942)

FORBES v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 30, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. B. Weir and Weir, Clift & Bennett, all of Helena, Mont., and H. Leonard DeKalb, of Lewistown, Mont., for appellant.

Norman M. Littell, Asst. Atty. Gen., John P. Hearne, Asst. Atty. Gen., Vernon L. Wilkinson, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., and John B. Tansil, U. S. Atty., of Billings, Mont., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

In response to an application filed in May, 1920, with the Commissioner of the General Land Office the Department of the Interior, under the provisions of the Act of February 25, 1920, c. 85, 41 Stat. 437, commonly known as the Leasing Act, 30 U.S.C.A. §§ 181-221, 223-229, 241, 251-263, issued on September 24, 1920, to J. F. Forbes, defendant-appellant, a permit giving him the exclusive right for two years to prospect for oil and...

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