Orchard v. Alexander

Citations

• 157 U.S. 372
• 15 S. Ct. 635
• 39 L. Ed. 737
• 1895 U.S. LEXIS 2212

Syllabus

<p>The Commissioner of the General Land Office may direct the proper local land officer to hear and pass upon charges df fraud in the final proof of a preemption claim upon which the requisite cash entry has been paid, and has jurisdiction to review the judgment of the local land officer in respect thereof; and the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction to review such judgment of the Commissioner, and to order such an entry, shown to be fraudulent, to be cancelled.</p>