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U.S. v. STATE INVESTMENT CO.

No. 195.

264 U.S. 206 (1924)

44 S.Ct. 289

68 L.Ed. 639

UNITED STATES v. STATE INVESTMENT COMPANY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 18, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.W. Williams, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. A.T. Rogers, Jr., with whom Mr. Herbert W. Clark and Mr. Chas. W.G. Ward were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity brought by the United States in the Federal District Court for New Mexico to quiet title to a large strip of land claimed as part of the public lands. The defendants claim title under the "Mora Grant", which was segregated from the public domain by a patent issued in 1876. The United States does not challenge the validity of the grant, and admits...

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