MAHOWALD v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 13891, 13892.

176 F.2d 509 (1949)

MAHOWALD et al. v. UNITED STATES. FAIRBANKS et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

July 22, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Halvor L. Halvorson, Minot, N. D. (Halvor L. Halvorson, Jr., Minot, N. D., on the brief), for appellants.

Harry Lashkowitz, Assistant United States Attorney, Fargo, N. D. (P. W. Lanier, United States Attorney, Fargo, N. D., on the brief), for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge. and THOMAS and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

In these cases the United States made separate contracts with appellants to buy certain lands from them to be used by the Government in the construction of the Garrison Dam and Reservoir in North Dakota. Each contract provided for payment of the stipulated purchase price on acceptance by the United States within three months of the date of the execution of the contract by the vendor, plus a reasonable time for examination and approval of the...

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