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NESS v. FISHER

No. 66.

223 U.S. 683 (1912)

UNITED STATES EX REL. NESS v. FISHER, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Herrick, with whom Mr. S.P. Ness was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a petition, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of the Interior to accept, as conforming to the Timber and Stone Act of June 3, 1878, 20 Stat. 89, c. 151, an application to purchase under that act 160 acres of public land in the Roseberg, Oregon, land...

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