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PHILIPS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5238, 5239.

59 F.2d 881 (1932)

PHILIPS et al. v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES v. STEPHENS et al.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided June 6, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo A. Rover, W. S. Ward, Marcus Borchardt, and Charles B. Rugg, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee in No. 5238 and for appellant in No. 5239.

George E. Hamilton, John J. Hamilton, George E. Hamilton, Jr., Edmund Brady, Henry R. Gower, Chas. A. Douglas, Thos. C. Bradley, Abner H. Ferguson, and Jo. V. Morgan, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant in No. 5238 and for appellee in No. 5239.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, and GRONER, Associate Justices.

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

As a result of vast purchases made by the government during the World War there was a large accumulation of surplus materials at the time of the signing of the armistice, among which was the item involved in this suit, 188,902,787 feet of lumber scattered at various points throughout the country. It was realized by both the government and the trade that to dump this vast quantity of materials upon the market at once would cause serious...

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