LEE WILSON & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 110.

245 U.S. 24 (1917)

LEE WILSON & COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Charles T. Coleman and Mr. Henry D. Ashley for appellant.

The Solicitor General, with whom Mr. W.W. Dyar was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The United States, asserting that designated parcels of land were part of its public domain, sought a decree quieting its title. Sustaining the title thus asserted and rejecting a claim to the contrary on the part of the defendant, the trial court awarded the relief prayed (214 Fed. Rep. 630), and the appellant, who was defendant, seeks on this appeal to reverse the decree of the court below sustaining the...

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