FAXON v. UNITED STATES

No. 119.

171 U.S. 244 (1898)

FAXON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis J. Heney for appellant.

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


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

In order to the confirmation of any claim, the Court of Private Land Claims, under the act creating that tribunal, (26 Stat. 854, c. 539,) must be satisfied not merely of the regularity in form of the proceedings, but that the official body or person assuming to make the grant was vested...

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