Bouldin v. Phelps

Sawyer, J., (HoffmaN, J., concurring.)

This is an action to recover Mare island, embracing between five and six thousand acres of land upon which are situated the United States navy-yard, numerous buildings for quarters of officers and employes of the government, a government hospital, magazines, barracks, and other works erected by tbe United States at an expense, in the aggregate, of several millions of dollars. A full statement of tbe facts will be necessary to a proper understanding of the decision.

The defendant, at the time the action was commenced, was commandant of tbe navy yard,…