HOFFELD v. UNITED STATES

No. 318.

251 U.S. 273 (1902)

HOFFELD v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Andrews for Hoffeld.

Mr. George Hines Gorman for the United States. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt was on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case depends upon the construction given to section 2 of the act of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 287, which reads as follows:

"In all cases where homestead or timber-culture or desert-land entries or other entries of public lands have heretofore or shall hereafter be canceled for conflict, or where, from any cause, the entry has been erroneously allowed and cannot...

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