MALONE v. BOWDOIN

No. 113.

369 U.S. 643 (1962)

MALONE v. BOWDOIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Friedman argued the cause for petitioner. On the briefs were Solicitor General Cox and Roger P. Marquis.

William Buford Mitchell argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs was John Burke Harris, Jr.


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

This litigation began in a Georgia court when the respondents filed a common law action of ejectment against the petitioner, a Forest Service Officer of the United States Department of Agriculture.1 The basis for the suit was the respondents' claim that they were the rightful owners of certain land occupied by the petitioner.

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