Supreme Court of the United States, 1888

United States v. Jones

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided July 1, 1888

24 Ct. Cl. 532; 131 U.S. 1

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Pauley Petroleum Inc. v. United States (Court of Claims 1979)
Edward Saffron v. Department of the Navy (D.C. Cir. 1977)
Bronson v. United States (United States Court of Federal Claims 1993)
Garrett v. United States (Court of Claims 1988)

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Opinion of the Court

In addition to the above cases decided on appeal from the Court of Claims, the Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Jones et al. (131 U. S. R., 1), appeal from the Circuit *533Court of tbe United States for the district of Oregon, decided that the Act of March 3,1887, “to provide for the bringing of suits against the Government of the United States ” (24 Stat. L., 505 c. 359), does not confer upon the district or circuit courts of the United States or upon the Court of Claims jurisdiction in equity to compel the issue and delivery of a patent for public land.

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