United States of America, Appellant, v. Dorrance D. Roderick and Wife, Olga B. Roderick, Appellees, 290 F.2d 823 (5th Cir. 1961)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 290 F.2d 823 (5th Cir. 1961) June 16, 1961

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas; R. E. Thomason, Judge.

John B. Jones, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Atty., Washington, D. C., Russell B. Wine, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., John B. Jones, Jr., Harry Baum, Gilbert E. Andrews, Jr., Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Lawrence L. Fuller, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for appellant.

James S. Moore, R. H. Feuille, El Paso, Tex., Scott, Hulse, Marshall & Feuille, El Paso, Tex., for appellees.

Before HUTCHESON, RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.


The judgment is reversed with directions to enter judgment for the defendant. See Knetsch v. United States, 1960, 364 U.S. 361, 81 S. Ct. 132, 5 L. Ed. 2d 128; Weller v. C. I. R., 3 Cir., 1959, 270 F.2d 294.

Reversed with directions.

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