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SHEPHERD v. UNITED STATES

No. 49167.

113 F.Supp. 648 (1953)

SHEPHERD v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 13, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Shea, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Warner W. Gardner, Lawrence J. Latto, Washington, D. C., Murphey Candler, Jr., and Searcy L. Johnson, Dallas, Tex., were on the briefs.

Mary K. Fagan, Washington, D. C., with whom was Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the defendant.

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

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiff, W. C. Shepherd, entered into a contract with the defendant to construct the Cumberland Oil Field protective levees, which was a part of the Denison Dam and Reservoir Project on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas. The Denison Dam is about ten miles below the confluence of the Washita and Red Rivers. After it should have been completed it was expected that the water in the Washita River would be backed up for about forty miles. The...

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