HILL v. UNITED STATES

No. 108.

149 U.S. 593 (1893)

HILL v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Alexander Preston and Mr. Alexander Preston, for plaintiff in error, submitted on their brief.

Mr. Attorney General for defendants in error.


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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