Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. United States

298 U.S. 665

Type: Opinion
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: Federal
Date: 1936-04-27
Topic: general

How later courts describe this case

public policy reflected in lost property statute is "to provide a reward to the finder of lost goods"

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Cited by: 15 opinions

Petition for writ of. certiorari to the Cir *666 cuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.

Mr. Joe Crider, Jr., for petitioner. Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Jackson, and Messrs. John MacC. Hudson, Séwall Key, and S. Dee Hanson for the United States.