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PALMER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES

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65 U.S. 125 (1861)

24 How. 125

16 L.Ed. 609

JOSEPH C. PALMER, CHARLES W. COOK, BETHUEL PHELPS, AND DEXTER R. WRIGHT, APPELLANTS, v. THE UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 7, 1861.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Benjamin for the appellants, and by Mr. Black (Attorney General) for the United States.

Mr. Justice GRIER delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants claim the land in dispute as assignees of Benito Diaz. This claim was rejected by the board of land commissioners, and also by the District Court.

The documentary evidence, upon which the case rests, is as follows:

1. A petition of Benito Diaz, dated April 3, 1845, in which he asks for a grant of land which he calls "a vacant place within the jurisdiction of San Francisco, known by...

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