Robinson v. Lundrigan
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM' THE',' UNITED STATES CIRCUIT.. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH' CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the right of one filing an application for public lands based on a soldier’s claim, to keep it open after final 'rejection for substitution of the claim of another soldier, and departmental practice in regard thereto, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Bill in equity by appellants, who were complainants in the Circuit Court, and we shall so refer to them, and to the appellee as defendant, to adjudge defendant trustee for complainants of the S. W. i of the S. E. i of section 13, Township 55 North, Range 26 West of the Principal Meridian, and to compel a conveyance to them. The Santa Fe Railroad Company was impleaded with defendant, but it filed a disclaimer and the suit proceeded against him alone.
The rights of complainants are based upon an application for the lands as unappropriated public lands of the United States by Robinson, one of the…
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