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BERGERE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 43, 46.

168 U.S. 66 (1897)

18 S.Ct. 4

42 L.Ed. 383

BERGERE, v. UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES, v. BERGERE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided October 18, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.D. O'Bryan and Mr. James W. Vroom for Bergere and others. Mr. T.B. Catron was on their brief.

Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds for the United States. Mr. Solicitor General Conrad was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

These are cross-appeals from a judgment of the Court of Private Land Claims, confirming in the petitioner Bergere, for herself and the other heirs of Manuel Antonio Otero and Miguel Antonio Otero, the title to eleven square leagues of land in the Territory of New Mexico. The petition was filed in the court below, asking that the validity of the title to a very much larger tract of land in the above territory...

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