CESSNA v. UNITED STATES

No. 78.

169 U.S. 165 (1898)

CESSNA v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Rae and Mr. J.B. Cessna for appellants. Mr. T.B. Catron was on their brief.

Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Special Assistant Attorney General Reynolds and Mr. Frank Springer for appellees submitted on their brief.


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

The Court of Private Land Claims was of the opinion that the ayuntamiento or town council had no power to make a grant such as this of a tract entirely outside the four square leagues supposed to belong to the town; and, secondly, that even if it had such power the conditions of the alleged grant were never performed by Heath, and therefore he acquired no title to the property.

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