TABLE OF CASES REPORTED

NOTE. For cases dismissed and not indexed hereunder
see page 807 et seq.

Rental of space by Government; parol contract; implied
contract.

ARMSTRONG (W. H.) AND COMPANY..

519

ASPHALT REVETMENT CO., INC. -

289

Patent for protective mat structure for river banks;
infringement; validity; anticipation; indefiniteness.

BARKELEW, ARTHUR D..

804

139

BLACKMAN, FLORENCE P. (No. 45477)..

BASS, JOSEPH A., ET AL.

Estate tax; termination of trust established in 1924 and
creation in 1928 of a new trust with similar rights of
decedent as to income and distribution of corpus; inclu-
sion of decedent's interest in gross estate subject to
estate tax; transfer of property to trust not made by
decedent but at his instigation; settlor.

Board of DirECTORS, ST. FRANCIS LEVEE DISTRICT_
BOEING AIR TRANSPORT, INC., (Nos. 43030, 43031)--

Air mail contracts; agreement by operators; annulment
under section 3950, Revised Statutes.

BOWEN, THEODORE, ESTATE OF.

BRAUN, HEDWIG W., DECEASED, ESTATE, ET AL.
Estate tax; proceeds of life insurance policies issued prior to
enactment of 1918 Revenue Act; report to Congress.
BRAUN, IDA F., ET AL., EXECUTORS

BRIMBERRY, OTTO...

Suit for salary; discharged employee of War Department
who is Army veteran with honorable discharge; not
under civil service; extension of civil service preference
regulations to agencies that were to be made permanent;
authority of the President; status of temporary em-
ployee of War Department not under civil service;
status of Civilian Conservation Corps employees;
discretion to determine qualifications of employees.

VII

413

348

649

804

176

176

335

BUSCH, OWEN (No. 43666)

CLAYTON, OSCAR..

CONSOLIDATED ENGINEERING COMPANY, INCORPO-
RATED (No. 43159)____

Government contract; ambiguity; agreement by con-
tractor to carry out intent of defendant; meaning of
contract plain from writings and drawings; error of
subcontractor; specifications wrongly written.

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638

804

256

Government contract; change order; failure to appeal.

DIAMOND, ARNOLD M. (No. 45419)__.

543

Government contract; delay by Government; extra liqui-
dated damages; extension of time for completion.

499

EDMUND J. RAPPOLI COMPANY, INC.

Government contract; error by contractor in calculation
on which amount of bid was based discovered before
execution of contract; promise of contracting officer
that mistake would be corrected if proof of mistake
submitted through regular channels.

EDWARDS, WILLIAM B.

EQUIPMENT CORPORATION OF AMERICA..

804

159

Government contract; modification by mutual agreement. FLEISHER ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY,

A CORPORATION, ET AL. -

139

Government contract; decision of contracting officer;
extra work; protest.

FULTON NATIONAL BANK OF ATLANTA, THE,

ASSIGNEE....

256

GRIER-LOWRANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCOR

PORATED..........

Government contract; construction of special juris-
dictional act; legal and equitable bases of Government
responsibility not to be disregarded.

434

HESS, LOUIE (No. 43664)----

638

Personal injury.

INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA, THE...

583

Indian claims; recovery under special jurisdictional act;
lands promised under treaty not ratified.

JACOBSON BROTHERS COMPANY...

1

Government contract; effectiveness of release; deduction
by Comptroller General; liquidated damages.

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J. L. YOUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD..........

310

Jurisdiction under section 154 of the Judicial Code; suit
pending in another court on same cause of action; alle-
gations of the plea to jurisdiction taken as confessed
under the rules of the court.

LUNDBLAD, ERIK H. F....

Rental allowance; failure to request quarters not an
estoppel; statutory right to quarters or a money allow-
ance; silence not an estoppel in absence of duty to speak;
duty of Commanding Officer to make assignments of
quarters; not duty of officer to request Commanding
Officer to perform statutory duty.

LYONE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, TRADE NAME..
LYONS, IRA J..........

397

533

533

Government contract; liquidated damages for delay; suit
to recover; review of action of contracting officer in
granting extension of time.

MCCLOSKEY & COMPANY___.

90

Increased labor costs under National Industrial Recovery
Administration Act.

381

MCCLURE, JOHN J.

Internal revenue tax; importation of distilled spirits;
statute of limitation; fraud; validity of assessment by
Commissioner; fraud established by proper inference
from facts proven; allegations of refund claim not
evidence unless supported by testimony.

MCGREGOR, WILLIAM W., ET AL (No. 43693) _ _ _ _ .
Personal injury; evidence held not establishing negligence

638

Pay and allowances; lieutenant; civil engineers corps,
U. S. Navy; equalization act of June 10, 1922.

NICHOL, (MRS.) LOIS THOM...

406

Income tax; proceeds of judgment and interest thereon;
capital gain; interest on principal amount of judgment.

41

NOLAN BROS., PARTNERS, ETC..

Government contract; construction of lock on Mississippi
River; employment under National Industrial Recovery
Administration Act.

Estate tax; termination of trust established in 1924 and
creation in 1928 of a new trust with similar rights of
decedent as to income and distribution of corpus;
inclusion of decedent's interest in gross estate subject to
estate tax; transfer of property to trust not made by
decedent but at his instigation; settlor.

PIERCE, MAURICE C.............

Suit for salary where employment was terminated on
charges and after hearing; act of February 23, 1931.
PITT RIVER POWER COMPANY (A CORPORATION)
Flood control; taking of private property for public use.
PITT RIVER POWER COMPANY (A CORPORATION).
Petition for writ of certiorari denied.

RANKIN & KELLOGG (No. 45200).
RANKIN, JOHN H. (No. 45200) - - - -

Rental of space by Government; violation of section 93,
Title 18, U. S. Code; implied contract void.

413

28

253

809

357

357

RAPPOLI, EDMUND J., COMPANY, INC...

ROBBINS, FRANKE B., EXECUTRIX__

499

479

Pay and allowances; flying pay of qualified aerial ob-
server during suspension under erroneously issued
order.

ROBBINS, OLIVER K., DECEDENT_

ROBINSON, ARCH..

ST. FRANCIS LEVEE DISTRICT, BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Grant under Title II of National Industrial Recovery
Administration Act; definition of "material"; project
under Flood Control Act of 1928; approval by resident
engineer of accounting method not binding.

479

804

348

SEATTLE DISTRICT No. 3. MANTLE CLUB

562

Excise tax; club dues; social activities subordinate and
incidental to other purposes.

SELTZER, CHARLES---

554

Army officer discharged by order of Secretary of War on
direction of the President; power of President to estab-
lish Army regulations; power to discharge Army
officer.

SHILTON, PERRY (No. 45695)_

Personal injury.

638