UNITED STATES v. MARTIN

Nos. 9781, 9782.

177 F.2d 733 (1949)

UNITED STATES v. MARTIN et al. MARTIN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Wilma C. Martin, Attorney, with whom Messrs. A. Devitt Vanech, Assistant Attorney General, and Roger P. Marquis and Robert R. MacLeod, Attorneys, Washington, D. C., all of the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for appellant in No. 9781 and appellee in No. 9782.

Messrs. Milton D. Campbell and Daniel Partridge, III, Washington, D. C., for appellees in No. 9781 and appellants in No. 9782.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this suit to establish its title to certain land, part of it under water, along the Anacostia River (the Eastern Branch of the Potomac) in the neighborhood of South Capitol Street in Washington, D. C. It extends from S Street on the north to T Street on the south and from Water Street on the west to the "line of maximum depth" of the river on the east. It is described as Square East of 664.

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