RUSSIAN-AMERICAN PACKING CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 85, 86.

199 U.S. 570 (1905)

RUSSIAN-AMERICAN PACKING COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1905.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alexander Britton, with whom Mr. Aldis B. Browne was on the brief, for appellants in this case and in No. 86 argued simultaneously herewith.1

Mr. Frederick De C. Faust, special attorney, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney General Pradt was on the brief, for the United States in this case and in No. 86.


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

It is well understood that the mere settlement upon public lands without taking some steps required by law to initiate the settler's right thereto, is wholly inoperative as against the United States. Lansdale v. Daniels, 100 U.S. 113, 116; Maddox v. Burnham,

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