Lane v. Watts
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. The facts, which are the same as those involved in Lane v. Watts, 234 U. S. 525, are stated in the opinion.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP APPEALS OP THE DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA. The facts, which are the same as those involved in Lane v. Watts, 234 U. S. 525, are stated in the opinion. The decision leaves open the question of the status of the conflicting Mexican grants — San Jose, Tumacacori, and Calabazas — and yet affirms a decree which enjoins the appellants from further action in respect to the Ohm homestead entry and other entries which are within the boundaries of these Mexican grants. The point made by the appellants was that in no event could the appellees take the lands embraced by these grants…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
Leave to file an application for réhearing is asked. We see no reason to grant it, but to avoid misunderstanding of the opinion we may add a few words.
The opinion is explicit as to the main elements of decision. It decides that the title to the lands involved passed to the heirs of Baca by the location of the float and its approval by the officers of the Land Department and order for survey in 1864 in pursuance of the act of June 21, 1860, c. 167, 12 Stat. 71, 72. A survey, it was said, was necessary to segregate the land from the public, domain and the condition was satisfied by the Contzen…
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