UNITED STATES v. FANNIN INVESTMENT COMPANY

No. 19911.

322 F.2d 449 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. FANNIN INVESTMENT COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Slaton Clemmons, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Melva Graney, Michael Mulroney, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John W. Wilcox, Jr., Wilson, Branch, Barwick & Vandiver, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and DE VANE, District Judge.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The question on appeal is whether the court below, sitting without a jury, was in error in concluding that the product mined by appellee "was chemical grade and metallurgical grade limestone within the commonly understood commercial meaning of said term and was not marble or dolomite."

The depletion rate for marble is 5%;1 for dolomite 10%,2 and for chemical or metallurgical...

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