Case Name: HENRY FRIEDMAN v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1921-03-28
Citations: 56 Ct. Cl. 474
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Parties: HENRY FRIEDMAN v. THE UNITED STATES.
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Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 474–474

Head Matter:
HENRY FRIEDMAN v. THE UNITED STATES.
[54 C. Cls., 225 ; 255 U. S., 468.]
Judgment was rendered in favor of the United States in the court below. On appeal the judgment was affirmed, and the Supreme Court decided:
Section 2347 of the Revised Statutes, in providing that public coal lands may be entered Upon payment of “ not less than ” ten dollars per acre and “ not less than ” twenty dollars per acre, according to their distance from a completed railroad, sets up those prices as minima and by implication empowers the Secretary of the Interior to charge higher prices proportionate to the value of tracts sold.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice McKeNNa
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court March 28, 1921.