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ASTIAZARAN V. SANTA RITA LAND AND MINING CO., 148 U. S. 80 (1893)
148 U. S. 80U.S. Supreme Court
Astiazaran v. Santa Rita Land and Mining Co., 148 U.S. 80 (1893)
Astiazaran v. Santa Rita Land and Mining Company
No. 43
Submitted December 8, 1892
Decided March 6, 1893
148 U.S. 80
Syllabus
By the Acts of July 22, 1854, c. 103, § 8, and July 15, 1870, c. 292, a private claim to land in Arizona under a Mexican grant, which has been reported to Congress by the surveyor general of the territory, cannot, before Congress has acted on his report, be contested in the courts of justice.
The case is stated in the opinion.