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U.S. v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.

No. 245.

305 U.S. 415 (1939)

59 S.Ct. 267

83 L.Ed. 260

UNITED STATES v. ALGOMA LUMBER CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul A. Sweeney, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Whitaker, and Mr. James J. Sweeney were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Carl D. Matz and William S. Bennet, with whom Mr. Jesse Andrews was on the brief, for respondents in Nos. 245 and 246.

Mr. Ralph H. Case for respondent in No. 247.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Decision of these cases turns on the question whether certain contracts for the sale of timber on land of the Klamath Indian Reservation in Oregon executed by the Superintendent of the Klamath Indian School by authority of an Act of Congress, are contracts of the United States upon which suits may be maintained in the Court of Claims.

Section 7 of the Act of Congress of June 25, 1910, c. 431, 36 Stat. 855...

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