Legal Opinion
Boswell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1941No. 10027PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
The suit was for enforcement of a contract for the sale of land and for an injunction against timber cutting. The claim was that though the land was bound to the United States under a valid contract of sale, the defendant Yundt had, in an endeavor to repudiate the contract, *214quitclaimed the land to Boswell who was attempting to use the land as his own.
The defense was that the contract had been breached by a flagrant and unreasonble delay in performance, and the government had thereby lost all right to the land.
The facts are brief and without dispute. (1) On March 28,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Taylor v. . GoeletNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Ellis v. BryantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Burkhalter v. RoachSupreme Court of Georgia · 1914
- Studdard v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Hopp v. BergdollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Bailey Specialized Buildings, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board v. Combustion Equipment Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Glen Cove Marina, Inc. v. Vessel Little JennieDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1967
- United States v. StottCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
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