Legal Opinion
Friedman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 28, 1921No. 221PublishedCited by 3 opinions
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Action to recover the sum of $3,600, excessive payment exacted by the Secretary of’the Interior for 120 acres of coal land, which plaintiff (we so designate hinh in this opinion) was entitled to enter and did enter under § 2347 of- the Revised Statutes.
The Court of Claims dismissed the petition and from its. judgment this appeal is prosecuted.
The right of plaintiff to enter the land is not disputed. The dispute is as to the price prescribed by § 2347. Its provision is that payment shall be made of not less than $10 per acre If tíie lands selected be more than 15 miles- from a completed…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
3Cited by3 opinions
- Miller v. RoddSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Hartley v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- United States v. American Aniline Products, Inc.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals · 1934