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MOWER v. FLETCHER

116 U.S. 380 (1886)

MOWER v. FLETCHER. SAME v. SAME & Another.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.J. Johnston and Mr. U.J. Baxter for plaintiff in error.

Mr. M.D. Brainard and Mr. James K. Redington for defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The Federal question in each of these cases is the same, and it arises on the following facts: By the act of March 3, 1853, 10 Stat. 244, ch. 145, "to provide for the survey of the public lands in California, the granting of Preëmption Rights therein, and for other purposes," sections 16 and 36 of the public lands in each township, surveyed or unsurveyed, were granted to the State "for the purposes of...

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