United States v. Wildcat

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Assistant Attorney General Kearful, Solicitor General Davis, and Mr. S. W. Williams for the United States.

Messrs. Joseph C. Stone, John J. Shea, Charles B. Stuart, A. C. Cruce, George S. Ramsey, Malcolm E. Rosser, Edgar A. de Meules, Villard Martin, John Devereux, J. E. Wyand, K. B. Turner, J. B. Furry, E. C. Motter, P. J. Carey, W. C. Franklin, Burdette Blue, Thomas F. Shea, William A. Collier, Hazen Green, E. J. Van Court, Charles A. Moon, Francis Stewart, M. E. Turner, for Bessie Wildcat et al.

Messrs. A. A. Davidson, Preston C. West, and James A. Veasey for Bissett et al.

Messrs. R. C. Allen, James C. Davis, Grant Foreman, James D. Simms, as amici curiae.

Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion of the court: