AIKEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 15834.

260 F.2d 936 (1958)

Robert AIKEN, L. A. Wollam, Bernard W. Anderson, and Lloyd Campbell, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 31, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wuerthner & Wuerthner, J. J. Wuerthner, John P. Wuerthner, Great Falls, Mont., for appellants.

Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. Donald Mileur, Roger P. Marquis, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Krest Cyr, U. S. Atty., Butte, Mont., for appellee.

Before HEALY, FEE, and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges.


HEALY, Circuit Judge.

The questions presented in this case are: First, whether a lease of lands in an Indian Irrigation Project obligated the lessee to pay irrigation operation and maintenance assessments as required by regulations of the Department of the Interior, regardless of whether water was actually used or demanded; and, Second, whether the Government forfeited its right to the debt due on the assessments because of failure to press collection efforts expeditiously...

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