United States ex rel. McAlester-Edwards Coal Co. v. Fall
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Petition for mandamus by the United States, on the relation of the McAlester-Edwards Coal Company, against Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior, and others. From a judgment denying the writ, relator appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.
This appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia denying a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior and the other formal respondents to receive a balance alleged to be due upon the purchase price of certain coal lands in Oklahoma and to issue a patent therefor.
It is alleged by the petitioner, the McAlester-Edwards Coal Company, and admitted by the government, that, under the provisions of the act of Congress of July 1, 1902 (32 Stat. 641), the Secretary of the Interior reserved the lands' in question from allotment…
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