MERCELIS v. WILSON

No. 68.

235 U.S. 579 (1915)

MERCELIS v. WILSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Hector H. Scoville and Mr. Joseph Anderson, Jr., for appellants.

Mr. Felix Frankfurter, Mr. S.T. Ansell and Mr. Wolcott H. Pitkin, Jr., Attorney General of Porto Rico, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

On the north shore of the Island of Porto Rico, in the districts of Arecibo and Manati, there is a slough or swamp known as El Cano de Tiburones. It is 12 miles long, of varying width, and was supposed to contain about 7,000 acres, though that was a mere estimate since the exterior boundaries had not been established. Neither had it been authoritatively determined whether...

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