HALL v. PAYNE

No. 95.

254 U.S. 343 (1920)

UNITED STATES ON THE RELATION OF HALL v. PAYNE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1920.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Patrick H. Loughran for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Nebeker, with whom Mr. H.L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This case involves the consideration of a mandamus brought by plaintiff in error, hereinafter called relator, against the Secretary of the Interior.

The proceedings were instituted in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia by petition and its essential allegations stated narratively are as follows:

The lands in question are within a township which was reserved under an act passed August...

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