SCHMITT v. WAR EMERGENCY PIPELINES

No. 13774.

175 F.2d 335 (1949)

SCHMITT et al. v. WAR EMERGENCY PIPELINES, Inc., et al.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm W. Gannaway and Shields M. Goodwin, Little Rock Ark., for appellant.

John W. Barron, Little Rock, Ark. (A. W. Dobyns, Harry E. Meek, A. F. House, William Nash, G. R. Smith, Little Rock Ark., and J. G. Williamson, Monticello, Ark., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, THOMAS and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

To insure adequate supplies of petroleum through the east during the late World War II, the Government caused to be constructed, between the Texas oilfields and the Atlantic seaboard, two large pipelines, commonly known as the "Big Inch" and the "Little Big Inch," respectively.

Ownership of the pipelines was in Defense Plant Corporation, and operation of them was under Defense Supplies Corporation by lease. These were both government...

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