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466 F.2d 1385 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.W.WOOD et al., Defendants-Appellants. No. 25372. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Aug. 21, 1972. William G. Whitney, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants. Jacque B. Gelin, Atty. (argued), Shiro Kashiwa, Asst. Atty. Gen., S. Billingsley Hill, Chief, Appellate Section, Edmund B. Clark, Atty., Lands & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Sidney I. Lezak, U.S. Atty., Jack G. Collins, Asst. U.S.Atty., Portland, Or., Richard P.O'Connor, Revenue, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Before MERRILL and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and CROCKER, District Judge. * MERRILL, Circuit Judge: 1 The United States brought suit seeking an injunction to prevent appellants from blocking a forest service road running across appellants' mining claim, and damages for injury done to the road. The Government also asked that title to the alleged easement for the road be quieted in the United States. The District Court rendered judgment for the United States. By this appeal the right of the Government to claim the road is brought in question. 2 In 1946 the Government acquired an easement for…