Legal Opinion
Whitebird v. Eagle-Picher Lead Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1930No. 130PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
The appellants brought this suit to cancel three mining leases made on August 1, 1922, by Albert B. Fall as Secretary of the Interior, in behalf of the appellants, to The Eagle-Picher Lead Company, a corporation. Two grounds for relief are set up: First, that the leases were obtained through fraud and for a grossly inadequate consideration. Second, that the leases were not signed by appellants and that the Secretary of the Interior was without authority to sign or cause their names to be signed thereto.
The trial court found against the appellants on the issue of fraud…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- United States v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Parker v. RichardSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Blanset v. CardinSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Marcy v. Board of Commissioners of Seminole CountySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
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3Cited by13 opinions
- City of Roswell, N.M. v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- City of Tulsa v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- United States v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Hallam v. Commerce Mining & Royalty Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
- Whitebird v. Eagle-Picher Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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