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SPRIGGS v. McKAY

No. 12306.

228 F.2d 31 (1955)

John J. SPRIGGS, Sr., Appellant, v. Douglas McKAY, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John J. Spriggs, Jr., Lander, Wyo., for appellant. Mr. John J. Spriggs, Lander, Wyo., of the bar of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, was allowed to argue pro se.

Mr. S. Billingsley Hill, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. Roger P. Marquis, Atty., Dept. of Justice, was on the brief, for appellees.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant John J. Spriggs, Sr., sued the Secretary of the Interior and Mary Bradford O'Neal Candler to have them declared trustees for him of certain lands in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming, and for related relief. As Mr. Spriggs puts it in his brief, he sought a declaratory judgment determining his rights under certain deeds. He claimed the rights by reason of legal services to Mary Bradford O'Neal Candler in connection with...

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