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BOCKFINGER v. FOSTER

No. 175.

190 U.S. 116 (1903)

23 S.Ct. 836

47 L.Ed. 975

BOCKFINGER v. FOSTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1903.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James R. Keaton for appellant. Mr. John W. Shartel, Mr. Frank Wells, Mr John II. Cotteral and Mr. C.G. Hornor were on the brief.

Mr. Horace Speed and Mr. Marsden C. Burch for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The decisive question in the case is whether the plaintiff's claim to the land can be made the subject of a suit against the Townsite Trustees as such. Upon a careful scrutiny of the provisions of the act of 1890 we are of opinion that this question must be answered in the negative. The plaintiff asked a decree declaring that the title acquired by the Trustees under the act...

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