Faxon v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. Three separate petitions were filed iu the Court of Private Land Claims for the confirmation of .what was commonly called and known as the Tumacácori, Calabazas and Huebabi grant, situated in the valley of the Santa Cruz Eiver, Pima. County, Arizona, the petitioners in éach claiming under the original grantee. The causes were consolidated and tried under-the petition of William Faxon, Jr., trustee, and others.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS. Three separate petitions were filed iu the Court of Private Land Claims for the confirmation of .what was commonly called and known as the Tumacácori, Calabazas and Huebabi grant, situated in the valley of the Santa Cruz Eiver, Pima. County, Arizona, the petitioners in éach claiming under the original grantee. The causes were consolidated and tried under-the petition of William Faxon, Jr., trustee, and others. The petition alleged that the claimants were the owners in fee of the tract of land in question under and by virtue • of a certain…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
In order to the confirmation of any claim, the Court of Private Land Claims, under the. act creating that tribunal, (26 Stat. 854, c. 539,) must be satisfied not merely of the regularity in form of the proceedings, but that the official body or person assuming to make the grant was vested with authority, or that the exercise of power, if unwarranted, was subsequently lawfully ratified; and the same rule applies to this court on appeal. Hayes v. United States, 170 U. S. 637; Ely's Administrator v. United States, ante, 220.
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