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IN THE

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

For the Ninth Circuit

HARTLAND LAW, EUGENE D. N. E.

LEJTE, MELVILLE W. LAWRENOE

and H. O. OOMSTOCK, copartners, do-

iiift- )usiness as LAWRENCE & OOM-

S1⁰(^K, NE;LTE ("OPLAND and JOHN

DOE (H)LAN) (wv husband),

I*laintiffs in Error,

vs. .

ARTHUR L. SMITH, dam gate-keeper, A. P.

DAVIS, ehief engineer and director, F. G.

HOUGH, late project suj^erintendent,

JOHN F. TRUESDELL, special assistant

to the attoi'iiev general of the United States

Reclamation S(n*vice,

Defendants in Error.

BRIEF FOR DEFENDANT IN ERROR

ARTHUR L. SMITH

JOKN T. AVILLIAMS,

Uu itcd States Attorney,

E. M. LEONARD,

Assistant United Sttttcs Afforuc//,

HENRY A. COX,

District Connsel, U. S. Reelanm-

tion Scrricc,

Attornefjs for Defendant hi^E^-ror

Artlnir L. Siiiltli. ^ '

Nel. Stratford k Kerr, S. F. -Jlgoi

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