Carrick v. Lámar
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OE' THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA. This was an application to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for a mandamus to require the Secretary of the Interior to cause a survey to be made of an island in the Mississippi opposite St. Louis. Mandamus being refused, a writ of error was sued out. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. • •'
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
This case comes before us on writ of error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The petitioner applied for a writ of mandamus against the Secretary of the Interior to , order the survey of Arsenal Island, which is situated in the Mississippi River, opposite the City of St. Louis. He represents that he is the head of a family, over twenty-one years of age, and a citizen of the United States; that on the first of September; 1883, he made a settlement in person on the island; that it contains about 230 acres, is ten feet above high-water .mark, is not subject to overflow, is…
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