MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a bill in chancery, brought in 1877 under the direction of the Attorney-General, by the attorney of the United States for the District of California, as well on behalf of the United States as of certain settlers and pre-emptors upon the public lands described in the bill.
Its object is to set aside a decree of the District Court for that district, rendered, on appeal, in 1860, confirming a claim...
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