UNITED STATES v. PENDELL

No. 211.

185 U.S. 189 (1902)

UNITED STATES v. PENDELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds and Mr. William H. Pope for appellant.

Mr. T.B. Catron for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

The Government appeals in this case from a decree of the Court of Private Land Claims in favor of the appellees, confirming their title to a certain tract of land in the county of Dona Ana, Territory of New Mexico, alleged in the petition to contain four square leagues. The petition of the appellees alleged the making of a grant to their predecessors prior to the year 1790 of a tract of land known as Santa Teresa...

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