AINSA v. UNITED STATES

No. 40.

184 U.S. 639 (1902)

AINSA v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 17, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank J. Heney for appellants. Mr. Rochester Ford filed a brief for same.

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


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

The amount that passed to the grantee was six and one half short sitios, or about 28,200 acres, and the court below properly held that the case was controlled by the decisions of this court in Ainsa v. United States, 161 U.S. 208, and subsequent cases. It is contended that because a general description by natural objects was given in...

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