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LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL, RAILWAY AND IRON CO. v. FINAN

No. 50.

155 U.S. 385 (1894)

LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL, RAILWAY AND IRON COMPANY v. FINAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1894.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Don M. Dickinson for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER.

This case differs from the preceding, in that the action was commenced March 21, 1889, and that Finan, the defendant, did not enter upon the tract in controversy until after the 1st of May, 1888. His entry and occupation gave him no rights to the land, because it was embraced within the railroad grant of 1856. He took nothing under the confirmatory act of 1889, because he was not a bona fide claimant or in actual occupation on the 1st of...

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