Burton Coal Co. v. United States

This' case is now before the court for final disposition. On March 31, 1924, we dismissed the petition. Subsequently a motion for a new trial was filed, new trial was allowed, and the case reargued. A considerable portion of the delay in the final consideration of the case is justly attributable to the undue prolixity of plaintiff’s brief and argument on the last trial. To challenge findings indisputably accurate and indulge in endless citations of a cumulative character involves tedious,prolongation and delay.

The plaintiff, a corporation organized under the laws of Illinois, entered into a…