United States v. Colorado Anthracite Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the validity of an entry for coal land under § 2348, Rev. Stat., and the right of an assign of the entryman to recover the amount paid to the United States, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This was an action, under the act of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 287, c. 244, § 2, for the repayment of the purchase price paid to the Government for 160 acres of public coal lands, the entry of' which was subsequently canceled. The plaintiff prevailed in the Court of Claims, 45 C. Cl. 614, and the Government has appealed, claiming'that on the findings the judgment should have been in its favor.
Briefly stated, the material facts shown by the findings are as follows: One Stoiber, who claimed a preference right of entry under Rev. Stat., § 2348, filed in the proper local land office the requisite…
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