Germania Iron Co. v. United States

Citations

• 165 U.S. 379
• 17 S. Ct. 337
• 41 L. Ed. 754
• 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1982

Syllabus

<p>When, while disputed matters of fact concerning a tract of public land, or the priority of right of claimants thereto, are pending unsettled in the land department, a patent wrongfully issues for the tract through inadvertence or mistake, by which the jurisdiction conferred by law upon the land department over these disputed questions of. fact is lost, a court of equity may rightfully interfere, and restore such lost jurisdiction by can-celling the patent.</p>