Williams v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP NEVADA. On June 16, Í880, Congress passed, an act, of which the following are the first two sections: uBeit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and are hereby, granted to the State of Nevada two million acres of land in said State in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of land heretofore granted to the State…
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP NEVADA. On June 16, Í880, Congress passed, an act, of which the following are the first two sections: uBeit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and are hereby, granted to the State of Nevada two million acres of land in said State in lieu of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections of land heretofore granted to the State of Nevada by the United States: Provided, That the title of the State and its grantees to such sixteenth and thirty-sixth…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The first contention of appellant is, that this action could not be maintained because the State of Nevada was not made party; it holding the legal title;
Second, that the Circuit Court erred in finding that there' was fraud or wrong, by which, the title was passed to the State of Nevada; and,
Third, that even if there were fraud or wrong in this matter, the outcome of the proceedings was the .necessary one, and therefore the bill should not have been sustained.
With respect to the first • contention : It cannot be doubted that the certification operated to transfer the legal title to the State,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Frasher v. O'CONNORSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
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