Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Beaver County

Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of pennsylvania.

Mr. Robert L. Stern, of Washington, D.C., for appellant.

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Messrs. John G. Marshall, of Beaver, Pa., andEdward G. Bothwell, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Mr. John L. Nourse, of Los Angeles, Cal., for State of California, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Sherrill Halbert, of Modesto, Cal., for the County of Stanislaus, California, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.