HOOD v. UNITED STATES

No. 15267.

256 F.2d 522 (1958)

Percy HOOD and Grace Hood, His Wife, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Bushnell, Ferndale, Wash., for appellants.

Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Reginald W. Barnes, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles P. Moriarty, U. S. Atty., F. N. Cushman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before LEMMON, FEE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

The Hoods brought a suit in a Superior Court in the State of Washington against the United States to quiet title1 to lands formerly within the boundaries of the Lummi Indian Reservation, but which are now indubitably owned by them in fee simple and upon which the United States claimed a lien.2 The cause was removed to the federal court...

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