Legal Opinion
United States v. Doughten
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Washington
Decided April 15, 1911No. 1,519PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Charles H. Dougliten and others were indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with certain coal land claims in Alaska. On demurrer to the indictment by /defendant McKenzie.
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, District Judge.
The act of March 3, 1873, relating to the entry and sale of coal lands, is embodied in sections 2347 to 2352, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, pp. 1440-1441), which read as follows:
“Sec. 2847. Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States, or who has declared his intention to become, such, or any association of persons severally qualified as above, shall upon application to the register of the proper land office, have the right to enter, by legal subdivisions, any quantity of vacant coal lands of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. KeitelSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. Trinidad Coal & Coking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1908
- United States v. Portland Coal & Coke Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Washington · 1908
3Cited by1 opinion
- Gamble v. MathiasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932