Duncan v. Navassa Phosphate Co.

Citations

• 137 U.S. 647
• 11 S. Ct. 242
• 34 L. Ed. 825
• 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2053

Syllabus

<p>The right conferred by the United States, under the Guano Islands Act of August 18,1856, c. 164, (Rev. Stat. tit. 72,) upon the discoverer of a deposit of guano and his assigns, to occupy, at the pleasure of Congress, for the purpose of removing the guano, an island determined by the President to appertain to the United States, is not such an estate in land as to be subject to dower, notwithstanding the act of April 2, 1872, c. 81, (Rev. Stat. § 5572,) extending the provisions of the act of 1856 “ to the widow, heirs, executors or administrators of such discoverer ” if he dies before fully complying with its provisions.</p>