Loftin Cotton, Plaintiff In Error v. the United States
Decision Date | 01 December 1850 |
Citation | 52 U.S. 229,13 L.Ed. 675,11 How. 229 |
Parties | LOFTIN COTTON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE UNITED STATES |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
The United States have the same right as any other proprietor to sue for trespasses on the public...
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...24, 1959), "Mining Locations on Federal Aid Rights of Way." [72] United States v. Shanks, 384 F.2d 721 (1967), Cotton v. United States, 52 U.S. 229, 13 L. Ed. 675 (1850). [73] In Re Debs, 158 U.S. 564 (1895). [74] 30 U.S.C. 181 (1964) (originally enacted as Act of Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 1......