GERMANIA IRON COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 52.

165 U.S. 379 (1897)

GERMANIA IRON COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 15, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William W. Billson for appellants.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

Appellants contend that this bill cannot be sustained because, first, no fraud is proved or even charged against the patentee; second, there is no showing that the other applicants for these lands had or have any rights superior to the patentee; third, that it is neither proved nor alleged that the patentee was not equitably as well as legally entitled to the lands; fourth, that the utmost that appears is the...

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