Mann v. Tacoma Land Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. On July 12, 1890, appellant as plaintiff filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of "Washington to restrain the defendant from entering and trespassing upon certain premises. Subsequently, by leave of the court,, an amended bill was filed. In that, plaintiff claimed title to three separate tracts.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. On July 12, 1890, appellant as plaintiff filed his bill in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of "Washington to restrain the defendant from entering and trespassing upon certain premises. Subsequently, by leave of the court,, an amended bill was filed. In that, plaintiff claimed title to three separate tracts. The allegations as to one were as follows: “2. That on-the 29th day of October, 1889, the following-described premises were unoccupied and unappropriated lands of the United States,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The single question in this case is as to the title of plaintiff to the premises. The lands are tide lands, covered atad uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide, and are situated in Commencement Bay, near to the city of Tacoma. He does not claim by any grant from the State of "Washington, nor by any act of Congress specifically granting him these lands, or in terms providing for the location of scrip upon tide lands, but insists that; although the statute under which this scrip was issued, only authorized its location upon “ unoccupied and unappropriated public lands,he had a right to…
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