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INSLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 921.

150 U.S. 512 (1893)

14 S.Ct. 158

37 L.Ed. 1163

INSLEY, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.D. McCleverty, for appellants, submitted on his brief.

Mr. Solicitor General, (with whom was Mr. E.F. Ware on the brief,) for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question in this case is whether the proceedings by scire facias, taken by the United States to enforce the forfeiture of McElroy's recognizance, operated to divest his title to the lands in dispute.

(1) The argument of the appellants in this connection is that, under Rev. Stat. § 1014, authorizing commissioners "to take...

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