SHAW v. KELLOGG.

No. 154.

170 U.S. 312 (1898)

SHAW v. KELLOGG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward O. Wolcott and Mr. Joel F. Vaile for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John R. Smith for defendant in error.


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

In 1860, in settlement of a claim under a Mexican grant to land in the vicinity of Las Vegas, Congress passed an act giving to the claimants an equal amount of land, to be by them selected elsewhere in the Territory of New Mexico, stipulating that the land should be vacant and non-mineral and should be located within three years in square bodies not exceeding five

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