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FRIEDMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 221.

255 U.S. 468 (1921)

41 S.Ct. 380

65 L.Ed. 735

FRIEDMAN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles A. Keigwin, with whom Mr. William R. Andrews was on the brief, for appellant.

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. W. Marvin Smith was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

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 him 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...

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