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MICHIGAN LAND AND LUMBER CO. v. RUST

No. 57.

168 U.S. 589 (1897)

18 S.Ct. 208

42 L.Ed. 591

MICHIGAN LAND AND LUMBER COMPANY, v. RUST.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 18, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank S. Robson and Mr. A.B. Browne for plaintiff in error. Mr. J.W. Champlin and Mr. A.J. Britton were on their briefs.

Mr. Benton Hanchett and Mr. Ashley Pond for defendants in error.

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

This case involves questions of the power of the land department over the matter of the identification of the particular lands passing under the swamp land act of 1850, of the finality of the action of the Secretary of the Interior in approving and certifying to the Governor of the State a list of such lands, and of the effect of the confirmatory act of 1857. There is no testimony showing...

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