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· 3/4/1895

Maddox v. Burnham

Citations

  • 156 U.S. 544
  • 15 S. Ct. 448
  • 39 L. Ed. 527
  • 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2160

Syllabus

<p>In the year. 1866 the mere occupation of public land, with a purpose at some subsequent time of entering it for a homestead, gave the party so occupying no rights.</p>

Judges: Brewer, Gray

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