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RIO ARRIBA COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 195.

167 U.S. 298 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 875

42 L.Ed. 175

RIO ARRIBA LAND AND CATTLE COMPANY, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.W. Clancy for appellant.

Mr. Matthew G. Reynolds for appellees. Mr. Solicitor General was on his brief.

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

Assuming, but without in any manner deciding, that Governor Alencaster had full power to make the grant in any quantity and in any manner he saw proper, we think it clear that he did not, and did not intend to, make a grant of nearly half a million of acres to the original applicants, in common, and that the alcalde did not so understand...

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