Hoffeld v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was a petition of J. Henrietta Hoffeld, executrix of the estate of Budolph Hoffeld, deceased, for the repayment to her by the United States, under the act of June 16,1880, 21 Stat. 287, of the purchase money for one hundred and sixty acres of coal lands, the entry of which had been canceled by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on January 27,1895, over eight years after the purchase was made, and more than seven years after…
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. This was a petition of J. Henrietta Hoffeld, executrix of the estate of Budolph Hoffeld, deceased, for the repayment to her by the United States, under the act of June 16,1880, 21 Stat. 287, of the purchase money for one hundred and sixty acres of coal lands, the entry of which had been canceled by the Commissioner of the General Land Office on January 27,1895, over eight years after the purchase was made, and more than seven years after Hoffeld had bought the land. - . The purchase from the United States was originally made by , other parties tor a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice BeowN
This case depends upon the construction given to section 2 of the act of June 16, 1880, 21 Stat. 287, which reads as follows :
“ In all cases where homestead or timber-culture or desert-land entries or other entries of public lands have heretofore or shall hereafter be canceled for conflict, or where, from any cause, the entry has been erroneously allowed and cannot be confirmed, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be repaid to the person who made such entry, or to his heirs or assigns, the fees and commissions, .amount of purchase money, and excesses paid upon the same, upon the…
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