Cameron v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP ARIZONA. This case was originally instituted by the filing of a complaint by the United States in the District Court of the First Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona; to compel- the removal by the defendant' Cameron of a wire fence, by which it was alleged he had enclosed about 800 acres of public lands “ without any title or claim or color of title, acquired in good faith thereto, and without having first made…
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OP THE TERRITORY OP ARIZONA. This case was originally instituted by the filing of a complaint by the United States in the District Court of the First Judicial District of the Territory of Arizona; to compel- the removal by the defendant' Cameron of a wire fence, by which it was alleged he had enclosed about 800 acres of public lands “ without any title or claim or color of title, acquired in good faith thereto, and without having first made application, to acquire title thereto, or any part thereof, according to law.” The proceeding was taken under an act of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case was originally dismissed upon the ground that the question at issue between the parties' being the fact whether defendant had claim or color of title to the lands in .question,: acquired in good faith, there was no evidence of the .value.of such claim or color of title, even if the same were capable of pecuniary estimation) of wThich the court expressed a doubt. 146- US. 533.
The case was subsequently reinstated upon its being made to appear that the enclosed tract contained 1200 acres; that, defendant bad been engaged since 1883 in the business of grazing cattle upon this grant and…
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