UNITED STATES v. PENA

No. 72.

175 U.S. 500 (1899)

UNITED STATES v. PENA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds for appellants.

Mr. Edward L. Bartlett and Mr. T.B. Catron for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes from the Court of Private Land Claims, and the first contention of appellees, made on a motion to dismiss the appeal, is that it was not taken in time. The decree was entered December 1, 1896, and the appeal was not allowed until April 14, 1898. Section 9 of the act creating the Court of Private Land Claims, act of March 3, 1891, c. 539, 26 Stat. 854, 858, while giving to either party the right...

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