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LANE v. WATTS

No. 889.

234 U.S. 525 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 965

58 L.Ed. 1440

LANE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, v. WATTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General West and Mr. C. Edward Wright for appellants.

Mr. Herbert Noble, Mr. G.H. Brevillier and Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, with whom Mr. James W. Vroom was on the brief, for appellees.

By leave of court Mr. William C. Prentiss filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Appeal from the decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia affirming a decree of the Supreme Court of the District enjoining the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the General Land Office from proceeding in the matter of certain attempted entries under the public land laws of the United States upon lands which the decree finds were selected and located by the heirs of Luis Maria...

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