Anderson v. United States

Opinion

These cases were referred by the court pursuant to Rule 45 (c) to the Honorable W. Ney Evans, a commissioner of the court, with directions to make findings of fact bearing only on the issue of liability, and to make recommendations as to the legal conclusions which the court should arrive at, as a result of the findings and the applicable statutes and legal principles. Commissioner Evans has done what he was di*367rected to do, and we approve and adopt as onr own his findings and opinion.

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