DAWSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 48619.

81 F.Supp. 1021 (1949)

DAWSON et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

February 7, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. G. Dawson, pro se.

Thomas L. McKevitt, of Washington, D. C., and A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, HOWELL, WHITAKER and MADDEN, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this suit to recover $250,000 as damages for the alleged confiscation by defendant of sixteen lode (pumice) mining locations, including a mill site, in the Deschutes National Forest in Klamath County, Oregon.

From the allegations of the petition it appears, in substance, that prior to 1942 the plaintiffs had filed and established certain mining locations on public lands of the United States within the Deschutes National...

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