MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a suit, brought November 1, 1888, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maryland, under the act of March 3, 1887, c. 359, by Nicholas S. Hill, a citizen of Maryland, against the United States, for the use and occupation of land for a light-house.
The petition alleged that the plaintiff, since February 14, 1873, had been seized and possessed in fee simple of certain
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