Legal Opinion

United States Ex Rel. Hall v. Payne

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 13, 1920No. 95PublishedCited by 34 opinions

ERROR TO THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

This case involves the consideration of a mandamus brought by plaintiff in error, hereinafter called relator, against the Secretary of the Interior.

The proceedings were instituted in the Supreme Court of. the District of Columbia by petition and its essential allegations stated narratively are as follows: '

The lands in question are within a township which was reserved under an act passed August 18, 1894, c. 301, 28 Stat. 394, from adverse appropriation by settlement or otherwise except under rights found to exist of prior inception, for a period, to extend from the application for survey…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Riverside Oil Co. v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. United States Ex Rel. Ness v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Brown v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
  4. Litchfield v. The Register and ReceiverSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  5. Minnesota v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1918

3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Wilbur v. United States Ex Rel. KadrieSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  2. Work v. United States Ex Rel. RivesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. United States Ex Rel. Girard Trust Co. v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Hammond v. HullCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
  5. Work v. United States Ex Rel. MosierSupreme Court of the United States · 1923

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