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.

BASS, JOSEPH A., ET AL..

BLACKMAN, FLORENCE P. (No. 45477).

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.

804

139

413

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.

348

649

BOWEN, THEODORE, ESTATE OF

804

176

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

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.

Page

638

804

256

CULPEPPER, ROBERT L.

804

Government contract; change order; failure to appeal.

DIAMOND, ARNOLD M. (No. 45419).

543

Government contract; delay by Government; extra liquidated damages; extension of time for completion. 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..

499

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..-

434

Government contract; construction of special juris-
dictional act; legal and equitable bases of Government

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.

Page

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

310

JOHN M. WHELAN & SONS, Inc.........-

601

Government contract; decision of contracting officer not
arbitrary nor unreasonable.

JOYCE, ADRIAN D................

427

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.

LYONS 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)___

638

Personal injury; evidence held not establishing negligence
on the part of defendant's agent.

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

28

253

809

357

357

499

ROBBINS, FRANKE B., EXECUTRIX

479

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

479

804

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.

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