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SYLVESTER v. WASHINGTON

No. 40.

215 U.S. 80 (1909)

30 S.Ct. 25

54 L.Ed. 101

SYLVESTER v. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 15, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Marvin Savage for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.P. Bell, Attorney General of the State of Washington, with whom Mr. W.V. Tanner, Mr. W.F. Magill and Mr. George A. Lee were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action brought by the heirs of one Edmund Sylvester to recover a parcel of land patented to him by the United States, under the Oregon Donation Act of September 27, 1850, c. 76, 9 Stat. 496, and the amendments to the same. The State took up the defense and alleged that Sylvester settled on the land on February 1, 1850, resided there continuously for more than...

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