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LANE v. DARLINGTON

No. 219.

249 U.S. 331 (1919)

LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. DARLINGTON ET AL., TRUSTEES, ESTATE OF CLAPP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Kearful, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. F.W. Clements, with whom Mr. Alex. Britton was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a bill in equity brought by the appellees to restrain the Secretary of the Interior from carrying out a resurvey of a part of the boundary of a Mexican grant. The plaintiffs hold the legal title to the grant and the adjoining land belongs to the United States. The boundary was surveyed by one Hancock and on June 22, 1872, the grant was patented. A bill to set aside the patent was dismissed in United...

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