Durand v. Martin

Citations

• 120 U.S. 366
• 7 S. Ct. 587
• 30 L. Ed. 675
• 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1983

Syllabus

<p>Lands listed to California as indemnity school lands, and patented by the State, are not open to preemption settlement while in possession of the patentee.</p> <p>The act of March 1, 1877, 19 Stat. 267, “ relating to indemnity school lands in the State of California,” was a full and complete ratification by Congress, according to its terms, of the lists of indemnity school selections whicli had been before that time certified'to the State of California, by the United States as indemnity school selections, no matter how defective or insufficient such certificates might originally have been, if the lands included in the lists were not any of those mentioned in § 4, and if they had not been taken up in good faith by a homestead or preemption ’ settler prior to the date of the certificate.</p>