Court Opinion

ID: 9416834
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 19:56:47.94634+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:33.217726
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice CLIFFORD,
dissenting:
I dissent from the judgment of the court in this case, upon the ground that the case is controlled by the act of Congress which provides that the decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office shall be final unless an appeal is taken to the Secretary of the Interior. In my judgment the decree of the commissioner is final if no appeal is taken, aud in case of appeal that the decision of the appellate tribunal created by the act of Congress is equally final and conclusive, except in cases of fraud or mistake not known at the time of tlie investigation by tbe land department.
Mr. Justice DAVIS took no part in tbe decision of tbis or the next case, being interested in the question involved.