United States v. 237,500 Acres of Land, More or Less, in the Counties of Inyo and Kern, State of California, Etc., L. Mills Beam and Robert Thomas (Lode Claimants) v. B. J. Compton, Irma Compton, Harold Olson, Irma Olson, W. H. Montgomery, Roy Hooper, R. B. Walker and Gene Delaney (Placer Claimants)

278 F.2d 584 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. 237,500 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, IN the COUNTIES OF INYO AND KERN, State of CALIFORNIA, etc., et al., Defendants. L. Mills BEAM and Robert Thomas (Lode Claimants), Appellants, v. B. J. COMPTON, Irma Compton, Harold Olson, Irma Olson, W. H. Montgomery, Roy Hooper, R. B. Walker and Gene Delaney (Placer Claimants), Appellees. No. 16247. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 10, 1960. 1 Samuel McK. Dague, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. 2 Frederick E. Hoar, Bakersfield, Cal., for appellees. 3 Before CHAMBERS, Chief Judge, and KOELSCH, Circuit Judge, and BOLDT, District Judge. 4 BOLDT, District Judge. 5 This appeal is from a judgment distributing funds deposited in the district court as just compensation for the taking in condemnation of certain mining claims. On October 11, 1956 judgment was entered fixing awards for the parcels in question, designated as Nos. 549 and 552. Jurisdiction was retained to determine the amount to be allocated out of the awards for the respective interests of the several parties. On November 25, 1957 the district court ordered all of the funds paid to appellee placer claimants and held…