Legal Opinion

United States v. San Jacinto Tin Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 19, 1888No. 887PublishedCited by 229 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. Bill in equity to set aside a patent of public land. Decree dismissing the bill, from which complainant appealed. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.,

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

delivered the. opinion of the court.

•The suit in this case, which was a bill in chancery filed April 10,1883, in the Circuit Court for the District of California, purports to be brought by the Attorney General on behalf of the United States against the San Jacinto Tin Company, the Riverside Canal Company, and the Riverside Land and Irrigating Company. These corporations are alleged to be in possession of a large body of land, nearly eleven square leagues in extent, for which a patent was issued by the United States on the 26th day of October, 1867, to Maria del Rosario Estudillo de Aguirre,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. ThrockmortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Maxwell Land-Grant CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Moore v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Hughes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  5. United States v. StoneSupreme Court of the United States · 1865

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3Cited by229 opinions

  1. Myers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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  4. Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  5. McGrain v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1927

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