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UNITED STATES v. GENERAL BOX COMPANY

No. 15329.

224 F.2d 7 (1955)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant and Appellee, v. GENERAL BOX COMPANY, Appellee and Appellant. GENERAL BOX COMPANY, Appellee and Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant and Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Billingsley Hill, Atty. Department of Justice, John F. Cotter, Washington, D. C., Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., T. Fitzhugh Wilson, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Fred G. Benton, Baton Rouge, La., Carl A. Chadwick, Natchez, Miss., P. Z. Jones, Jackson, Miss., Thompson L. Clarke, St. Joseph, La., Barnett, Jones & Montgomery, Jackson, Miss., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and CAMERON, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Suing under Sections 1346 and 1402, 28 U.S.C., for the claimed wrongful destruction by the United States, its agents and servants of timber on two tracts of land, appellee, plaintiff below, brought two separate suits against the United States to recover the damages resulting therefrom. Consolidated by stipulation and order and tried as one suit, there was a judgment for plaintiffs against the United States for $10,801. with interest at four...

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