United States v. Atherton
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The.facts are stated in ,the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This was a bill in chancery, brought in 1877 under the direction of the Attorney-General, by the attorney of the United States for the District of California, as well on behalf' of the United States as of certain settlers and pre-emptors upon the public lands described in the bill.
Its object is to set aside a decree of the District Court for that district, rendered; on appeal, in 1860, confirming a claim which had1' been formally passed upon by the board of commissioners for the settlement of private la,nd-claims in California.
The history of the case given by this. bill is that the claim was…
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