
    No. 56.
    Thomas M. Livingston v. United States.
    Appeal from the Court of Claims.
    Argued December 6, 7, 1926.
    Decided December 13, 1926.
    
      Mr. Ashby Williams for appellant.
    
      Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Randolph S, Collins were on the brief, for the United States,
   Per Curiam.

Affirmed upon the authority of (1) Tempel v. United States, 248 U. S. 121, 129; United States v. North American Transportation and Trading Co., 253 U. S. 330; Pearson v. United States, 267 U. S. 423; Klebe v. United States, 263 U. S. 188; (2) Hijo v. United States, 194 U. S. 315, 323.  