United States v. Martinez
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition, under tbe fourteenth section of the Court of Private Land Claims Act, for a money judgment against the United States for lands within a Spanish land claim, which lands had been patented by the United States to third parties before tbe Spanish land grant, had been acted upon or confirmed.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. This was a petition, under tbe fourteenth section of the Court of Private Land Claims Act, for a money judgment against the United States for lands within a Spanish land claim, which lands had been patented by the United States to third parties before tbe Spanish land grant, had been acted upon or confirmed. The original proceeding, out of which the present claim for indemnity grew, was a suit begun- February 28, 1893, by the present appellees, who, with one exception, claimed to be the heirs at law and legal representatives of Juan José Lobato,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case raises the question whether, after a land grant has been confirmed by the Court of Private Land Claims, that court may, after an unexplained delay of over six years, entertain a supplemental petition for the value of certain parcels disposed of and patented by the United States to third parties, before the filing of the original petition.
The following sections of the Court of Private Land Claims Act, 26 Stat. 854, act of March 3, 1891, c. 539, are pertinent in this connection:
“Sec. 6. That it shall and may be lawful for airy person . . . claiming lands within the limits of the…
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