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UNITED STATES v. LOUGHREY

No. 22.

172 U.S. 206 (1898)

UNITED STATES v. LOUGHREY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1898.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Hines Gorman for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Solicitor General was on his brief.

Mr. W.H. Webster for defendants in error submitted on his brief.

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

To entitle the plaintiff to recover in this action, which is substantially in trover, it is necessary to show a general or special property in the timber cut, and a right to the possession of the same at the commencement of the suit.

There is no question that the lands belonged to the United States prior to June 3, 1856. By an act of Congress...

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