MITCHELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 13884.

213 F.2d 951 (1954)

MITCHELL et ux. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 6, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent & Brookes, Valentine Brookes, Arthur H. Kent, Paul E. Anderson, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Lloyd H. Burke, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., John Lockley, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., Macklin Fleming, Sp. Asst. to U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HEALY, ORR, and LEMMON, Circuit Judges.


LEMMON, Circuit Judge.

It is familiar technique for an appellant to seize upon every peccadillo committed by the lower court and magnify it until it becomes a blunder of major proportions.

The present case is no exception.

Although nine errors have been specified in this appeal, only three need be discussed.

The most serious objection is that the trial judge did not allow appellants' counsel to cross...

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