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UNITED STATES v. SUTTER

62 U.S. 170 (1858)

21 How. 170

THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, v. JOHN A. SUTTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Black (Attorney General) and Mr. Hull for the United States, and by Mr. Crittenden, Mr. Butler, and Mr. Walker, for the defendant in error.

Mr. Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court.

This cause comes to this court by appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the northern district of California, which affirms a sentence of the board of commissioners to settle private land claims in that State, in favor of the appellee, upon a claim to thirty-three square leagues of land in the valley of the Sacramento river. The record shows...

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