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UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ

Nos. 38, 39.

175 U.S. 509 (1899)

20 S.Ct. 159

44 L.Ed. 255

UNITED STATES v. CHAVEZ. SAME v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William H. Pope for appellants. Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds were on his brief.

Mr. Frank W. Clancy for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The title asserted by appellees is deficient in the support of direct evidence. Is the deficiency supplied by the probative force of the possession of the land? Private ownership of the property with possession is claimed for over one hundred and thirty years before the cession of the territory to the United

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