Legal Opinion

Gonzales v. French

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 30, 1896No. 34PublishedCited by 36 opinions

' APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP ARIZONA. Emma J. Gonzales, in October, 1891, filed a bill of complaint in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, against E. W. French, probáte judge of the county of Yavapai and Territory of Arizona, and former trustee of the inhabitants of the.town of Flagstaff, of the county of -Coconino, and J. E. Jones, probate judge of said county of Coconino, and the successor as trustee of the…

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' APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP ARIZONA. Emma J. Gonzales, in October, 1891, filed a bill of complaint in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona, against E. W. French, probáte judge of the county of Yavapai and Territory of Arizona, and former trustee of the inhabitants of the.town of Flagstaff, of the county of -Coconino, and J. E. Jones, probate judge of said county of Coconino, and the successor as trustee of the inhabitants of the said town of Flagstaff, and therein alleged that she was the equitable owner of a certain tract of…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justics Sííiras,

after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Séction 1946 of the Revised Statutes enacted that sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township of the Territories of New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Dakota, Arizona, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming should be reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in the several Territories named, and in the States and Territories thereafter to be erected out of the same. Section 2275 is as follows: “ Where settlements with a view to preemption have been made before the survey of the lands in the field, which are…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Wilcox v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
  2. Johnson v. TowsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  3. Steel v. Smelting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Shepley v. CowanSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  5. Moore v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. James v. Germania Iron Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  2. Wallace v. AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1906
  3. King v. McAndrewsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  4. United States v. Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1937
  5. Hanson v. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940

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