GAUTHIER v. MORRISON

No. 157.

232 U.S. 452 (1914)

GAUTHIER v. MORRISON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1914.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fred B. Morrill, with whom Mr. W.C. Jones, Mr. L.F. Chester and Mr. John J. Skuse were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Reese H. Voorhees for defendant in error.


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

This case originated in the Superior Court of Spokane County, Washington, and involves the present right of possession of a tract of unsurveyed public land, containing about 75 acres, in that county.

Considerably abridged, the facts stated in the complaint are these: In 1877, when the public lands in that vicinity were surveyed, an area embracing approximately...

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