Ely v. Commissioner of State Land-Office

Graves, O. J.

The present hearing is on the answer of the commissioner to a rule to show cause why he ought not to be required to grant the relator a certificate of purchase for the north-west quarter of section fifteen, in township four north, of range six west, being swamp land embraced by the Act of Congress of September 28, 1850.

The case shows the existence of conflicting claims, but whether they are good or bad is not material here. The application may be disposed of on its own merits and without reference to other claims. And for the purpose of ■decision it is enough to rest on a single…