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CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. UNITED STATES

No. 43541.

68 F.Supp. 974 (1946)

CITY OF LOS ANGELES v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

December 2, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Fairbanks, of Washington, D. C. (Ray L. Chesebro, City Atty., Gilmore Tillman, Chief Asst. City Atty., and John H. Mathews, Deputy City Atty., all of Los Angeles, Cal., and Northcutt Ely, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for plaintiff.

Mary K. Fagan, of Washington, D. C., and John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the defendant.

Before WHALEY, Chief Justice and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, JONES, and MADDEN, Judges.

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff sues the Government for money allegedly due it under a contract, made on February 16, 1922. By its terms the plaintiff agreed to deposit $75,000 with the United States Reclamation Service to be used to pay for investigations on the Colorado River in the vicinity of Black and Boulder Canyons, to determine whether it was practicable to dam the river for the purpose of irrigation and power development. The investigations and the expenditure...

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