SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 11474.

153 F.2d 655 (1946)

SMITH v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert T. Adams, of Beaumont, Tex., for appellant.

Kelsey Martin Mott and Roger P. Marquis, Attys., Department of Justice, and J. Edward Williams, Acting Head, Lands Division, Department of Justice, all of Washington, D. C., and John D. Rienstra, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Beaumont, Tex., for appellee.

Before McCORD, WALLER, and LEE, Circuit Judges.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought suit to establish its title, and right of possession, to certain lands in Shelby County, Texas, described by metes and bounds. The defendants were Adrian D. Smith, Zack P. Shofner, Mrs. Dewey Shofner Metcalf, Mary S. Denby, and her husband, Ray Denby. The defendant, Smith, is the grantee of the other defendants under a deed made in 1942.

The chain of title of the Government is:

E. C. Mauldin to James...

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