Russian-American Packing Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. This is an appeal from a judgment of' the Court of Claims, rejecting a claim of the Russian-American Packing Company for the value of certain improvements erected by it on the island of Afognak, off the coast of Alaska.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. This is an appeal from a judgment of' the Court of Claims, rejecting a claim of the Russian-American Packing Company for the value of certain improvements erected by it on the island of Afognak, off the coast of Alaska. The Packing Company was incorporated in 1889, under the laws of California, for the purpose of carrying on the business of packing salmon on the island of Afognak; and for that purpose purchased and. shipped materials for a cannery and buildings to be used in canning salmon, and also, without authority or license from, the United States,, took…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Beown
It is well understood that the mere settlement upon public lands without taking some steps required by law to initiate the settler’s right thereto, is wholly inoperative as against the Uni-, ted States. Lansdale v. Daniels, 100 U. S. 113, 116; Maddox v. Burnham, 156 U. S. 544; Northern Pacific R. R. Co. v. Colburn, 164 U. S. 383.
Petitioner, however, bases its right to recover upon certain statutes which, it is insisted, recognized the right of the petitioner to settle upon this island and make the improvements in question. The first of these is the act- of May 17, 1884, "providing a civil…
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