ZIA, PUEBLO OF v. UNITED STATES

No. 5.

168 U.S. 198 (1897)

ZIA, Pueblo of v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 15, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry M. Earle for appellants.

Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds for appellees. Mr. Solicitor General was on his brief.


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

The main question in this case is whether the language of the documents, which make up the testimonio, indicates anything more than the grant of a right to these pueblos to pasture their cattle upon the lands in question — a right somewhat akin to the right of common under the English law, and one which appears to have been frequently granted under the Spanish law. United...

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