Hammel v. McCulloch

How courts have described this case

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• no right of way acquired under 1891 Act for constructed ditches and reservoir because Secretary of Interior had not approved right of way map
• “By the express terms of the [1891 Act], a right of way can only be acquired over vacant government lands upon the approval of the applicant’s map by the Secretary of the Interior.”

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