RAWSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 14661.

225 F.2d 855 (1955)

Sam D. RAWSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

September 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman N. Griffith, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Dudley, Roger P. Marquis, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., C. E. Luckey, U. S. Atty., Bert C. Boylan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, HEALY, and POPE, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The controlling question in this case is whether land purchased by the United States for a specific purpose is open to location under the general mining laws. In its complaint in the action the government asked that appellant be enjoined from further occupancy of a mineral claim he had located on government-owned land and from removing volcanic cinders therefrom. Damages were asked on account of materials already extracted. The trial court granted...

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