SECURITY LAND & EXPLORATION CO. v. BURNS

No. 127.

193 U.S. 167 (1904)

SECURITY LAND AND EXPLORATION COMPANY v. BURNS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 29, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William W. Billson, with whom Mr. Chester A. Congdon was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John R. Van Derlip and Mr. R.R. Briggs, with whom Mr. George P. Wilson was on the brief, for defendants in error.


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

The land in controversy in this case is described in the foregoing statement of facts, and it lies between the meander line as it appears on the plat of the survey referred to in the patents and the actual borders of the lake. (See the sketch of the plat at page 43 of volume 189, United States Reports.) Regarding the question...

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