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CHAPMAN & DEWEY LAND CO. V. BIGELOW, 206 U. S. 41 (1907)

206 U. S. 41

U.S. Supreme Court

Chapman & Dewey Land Co. v. Bigelow, 206 U.S. 41 (1907)

Chapman and Dewey Land Company v. Bigelow

No. 262

Argued April 12, 15, 1907

Decided May 13, 1907

206 U.S. 41

Syllabus

Writ of error to review decision of the state court, dismissing bill to remove cloud on title to lands under water, dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the findings of the court below and the authority of the cases cited.

The rejection as evidence, by the state court, of a letter written by the Secretary of the Interior to the Commissioner of the Land Office, on the ground that it was res inter alios, held, in this case proper and not to present any federal question.

Writ of error to review 92 S.W. 534, dismissed.

The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. clubjuris

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