Legal Opinion
Percy Hood and Grace Hood, His Wife v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1958No. 15267PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.
The Hoods brought a suit in a Superior Court in the State of Washington against the United States to quiet title1 to lands *524formerly within the boundaries of the Lummi Indian Reservation, but which are now indubitably owned by them in fee simple and upon which the United States claimed a lien.2 The cause was removed to the federal court by the government, 3 where a counterclaim for foreclosure of the lien was filed against the Hoods. The trial court held the lands were subject to a lien for the construction costs, together with operation and maintenance charges,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States v. Leslie Salt Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. ZuccaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Lewis v. HawkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Pickering v. LomaxSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- United States v. George Schaeffer, Jr., and Elsie Schaeffer, His WifeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- North Dakota v. FredericksCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Lebrecht v. BeckettArizona Supreme Court · 1964
- Coson v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1958
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