UNITED STATES v. HANCOCK

No. 688.

133 U.S. 193 (1890)

UNITED STATES v. HANCOCK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 27, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury, for appellant.

Mr. A.T. Britton and Mr. A.B. Browne, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is obvious that the confirmation was of a tract with specified boundaries, and as such covered all the land within those boundaries, irrespective of quantity, and this, notwithstanding there appeared in the prior proceedings statements that the tract contained a certain amount, "a little more or less," which amount was very much less...

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