Ely's Administrator v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. On October 19, 1892, proceeding under section 8 of the act of March 3, .1891, c. 539, creating the -Court of Private Land Claims, 26 Stat. 854, the United States filed in that court a petition against Santiago Ainsa, administrator' of the estate of Frank Ely, deceased, and others, alleging that said administrator claimed to be the owner through mense conveyances óf a large tract of land in the Territory of Arizona, known as the…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. On October 19, 1892, proceeding under section 8 of the act of March 3, .1891, c. 539, creating the -Court of Private Land Claims, 26 Stat. 854, the United States filed in that court a petition against Santiago Ainsa, administrator' of the estate of Frank Ely, deceased, and others, alleging that said administrator claimed to be the owner through mense conveyances óf a large tract of land in the Territory of Arizona, known as the Rancho de San Jose de Sonoita; that he had not voluntarily come into the court to seek a consideration of his title; that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The controversy in this case does not turn upon any defect in the form of the papers. The contentions of the Government are that the officers who assumed to make the grant and to execute title papers had no authority to do so, and upon this ground it was held by the Court of Private Lánd Claims that the grant was in its inception invalid. Secondly, that if a valid grant was made it was one of quantity, and should be sustained for only that amount of land which was named in the granting papers and paid for by the grantee.
It appears that the proceedings to acquire title were initi ated by a…
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