UNITED STATES v. HEALEY

No. 878.

160 U.S. 136 (1895)

UNITED STATES v. HEALEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 2, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dodge for appellant. Mr. George H. Gorman was on his brief.

Mr. Harvey Spaulding for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 5th day of February, 1889, the appellant, Benjamin Healey, filed in the local land office at Visalia, California, a declaration of his intention to reclaim a tract of land containing 639.20 acres, and belonging to the United States.

The declaration stated all the facts required in the cases embraced by the act of Congress of March 3, 1877, c. 107, providing for the sale of "desert lands" in certain...

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