FOREST LUMBER COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 50449.

141 F.Supp. 953 (1956)

FOREST LUMBER COMPANY, a Corporation, v. The UNITED STATES in a Fiduciary Capacity for the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians and Said Klamath and Modoc Tribes and Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians.

United States Court of Claims.

June 5, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William S. Bennet, New York City, for plaintiff. Bennet, House & Couts, New York City, were on the briefs.

David D. Hochstein, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Perry W. Morton, for defendant.

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


LITTLETON, Judge.

The plaintiff, Forest Lumber Company, instituted this suit pursuant to the provisions of a special jurisdictional act1 to recover $44,772.62 as damages allegedly suffered by plaintiff in connection with a contract to purchase timber on the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon. An identical claim was filed in this court by the plaintiff under the court's general jurisdiction...

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