JOPLIN v. CHACHERE

No. 96.

192 U.S. 94 (1904)

JOPLIN v. CHACHERE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.D. McEnery, with whom Mr. George S. Dodds and Mr. Mark M. Boatner were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. G.L. Dupre, with whom Mr. E.D. Saunders was on the brief, for defendant in error.


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

The question presented is the effect of the defence of adverse possession and the plea of prescription. The contention of plaintiff in error is that such defence cannot avail against a United States patent. In other words, until the issue of the patent the title was in the United States and was unaffected by the occupation of the...

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