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UNITED STATES v. EDWARDS

No. 18338.

285 F.2d 109 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. George W. EDWARDS, Jr., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dudley, Roger P. Marquis, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul N. Brown, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for appellant.

C. A. Brian, Marshall, Tex., Thomas Fletcher, Houston, Tex., Franklin Jones, Sr., Marshall, Tex., Jones, Brian & Jones, Marshall, Tex., of counsel, for appellee.

Before CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and HANNAY, District Judge.

HANNAY, District Judge.

This is an action against the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture, and several individuals and corporations, regarding a three-fourths mineral interest in 260.518 acres of land in Harrison County, Texas.

The District Court, after a trial without a jury, ordered the execution of a quitclaim deed to the appellee covering said mineral interest.

In 1936, the United States acquired by purchase the fee simple title to 1,315...

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