Hussey v. Smith

These are special proceedings, under the Act of Congress of March 2d, 1868, commonly called the Townsite” Law (14 Stat. at Large, 541), and the Act of the Territorial Legislature passed in pursuance thereof; and to carry out the trust arising thereunder, approved February 17, 1863, (Laws of Utah, 1869, p. 4.) Mary G. Hussey and Job Smith are separate and distinct claimants for the same parcel of ground in the City of Salt *130Lake. They separately made their application to the Probate Judge, each asking for the Government title, and each contesting the right of' the other thereto. Being adverse…