PUTNAM v. ICKES

Nos. 6376-6383.

78 F.2d 223 (1935)

PUTNAM et al. v. ICKES, Secretary of the Interior, et al., and seven other cases.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 6, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. M. Hudson and Minor Hudson, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

J. Kennard Cheadle, Edward C. Finney, William G. Feely, F. W. Clements, and Challen B. Ellis, all of Washington, D. C., for appellees.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.


VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

The above appellants, petitioners in the court below, each filed an application for a homestead entry within the bounds of a tract of land located in the state of California. The lands referred to are known as Santa Ana Ranch or grant, containing approximately 62,516.57 acres, all of which is alleged to be public domain of the United States. This land was acquired as a Spanish grant protected by the cession of California by Mexico to...

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