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MANN v. TACOMA LAND COMPANY

No. 375.

153 U.S. 273 (1894)

MANN v. TACOMA LAND COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Theodore H.N. McPherson for Mann, appellant.

Mr. John H. Mitchell, (with whom were Mr. Beriah Brown, Jr., and Mr. M.L. Baer on the brief,) for Baer, plaintiff in error.

Mr. Joseph H. Parsons filed a brief on behalf of Louis Largie, intervenor, in both cases.

Mr. Samuel Dickson and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for the Tacoma Land Company, appellant.

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom was Mr. Samuel Field Phillips, filed a brief for Dearborn, intervenor in Baer v. Moran Brothers Company.

Mr. John P. Fay filed a brief on behalf of Dearborn, intervenor in Baer v. Moran Brothers Company.

Mr. W.C. Jones, Attorney General of the State of Washington, filed a brief on behalf of the State, intervenor in Baer v. Moran Brothers Company.

Mr. Edwin B. Smith closed for Mann, appellant.

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

The single question in this case is as to the title of plaintiff to the premises. The lands are tide lands, covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide, and are situated in Commencement Bay, near to the city of Tacoma. He does not claim by any grant from the State of Washington, nor by any act of Congress specifically granting him these...

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