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VIOLET TRAPPING CO. v. GRACE

No. 302.

297 U.S. 119 (1936)

56 S.Ct. 386

80 L.Ed. 518

VIOLET TRAPPING CO., INC. v. GRACE, REGISTER STATE LAND OFFICE, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward Rightor, with whom Messrs. Eugie V. Parham and Edwin J. Prinz were on the brief, for appellant.

Messrs. Emmet Alpha, George A. Dreyfous, and Claude L. Johnson were on the brief for appellees.

By leave of Court, Messrs. Bentley G. Byrnes and M.C. Scharff filed a brief on behalf of the Trappers & Fishermen's Union of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes, as amicus curiae, supporting the position of appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant is a sub-lessee of lands leased by the State of Louisiana in 1924 to the Terre aux Boeufs Drainage District. The lands had become the property of the State by an adjudication for unpaid taxes of 1911 to 1923. The lease by the State contained a clause that the lease would end in case the lands were redeemed by the former owner or sold by the State. At the time the lease and sub-lease were made, the lands...

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