Rector's Case

Two questions have been discussed by counsel in this case, to-wit: First. Whether the decision of the commissioners appointed under the provisions of the act of Congress of March 3, 1877, entitled “An act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation in Arkansas,” upon questions of law ,and fact submitted to them, in accordance with the terms of the act, is in the nature of a final adjudication, and conclusive upon the parties. Second. Whether, assuming that this court may pass upon the correctness of the decisions of that commission, the same ought, upon the merits, to be declared erroneous and…