UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE v. HUNTER

No. 12301.

171 F.2d 793 (1949)

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE et al. v. HUNTER et al.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Potter, U. S. Atty., of Fort Worth, Tex., A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., John F. Cotter, S. Billingsley Hill, Roger P. Marquis, and George S. Swarth, all of Washington, D. C., and O. Morris Harrell, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Fort Worth, for appellants.

Jack Connell and John Davenport, both of Wichita Falls, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, SIBLEY and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

The decree appealed from is that "The mineral, oil and gas rights reserved to the United States in each of the quitclaim deeds to each of these plaintiffs * * * were unlawfully reserved, and there has been a cloud cast upon the title to the respective properties owned by these plaintiffs by virtue of such unlawful and wrongful reservations in each of said quitclaim deeds conveying the title to the respective...

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