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UNITED STATES v. BELT

No. 8601.

142 F.2d 761 (1944)

UNITED STATES v. BELT et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided May 15, 1944.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Norman MacDonald, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Norman M. Littell, Assistant Attorney General, and Alex H. Bell, Jr., all of the Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Walter M. Bastian, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Milton D. Campbell, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellees.

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

GRONER, C. J.

This is an appeal from a final judgment in a suit brought by the United States to quiet title to certain lots of land bordering the Anacostia River in the District of Columbia. The complaint prays that the court decree the absolute and paramount title of the United States to the land and land under water embraced in Square 666, and remove therefrom any cloud cast thereon by the claims of the defendants (appellees).

The District Court held that...

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