United States v. Mayse

WOLVERTON, District Judge.

After the motion to dismiss the complaint in this case was denied, defendant Mayse filed his answer and cross-complaint. Later S. L. Leatherman and Otto E. Parry, each claiming a right to certain parts of the real property in question, derived from the plaintiff, were made parties defendant, and, appearing, each separately moved the court to strike, in separate portions, practically the entire cross-complaint. More recently, as between the government and defendant Mayse, the case has been set down on bill and answer, and argued and submitted.

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