Payne v. Robertson

Citations

• 169 U.S. 323
• 18 S. Ct. 337
• 42 L. Ed. 764
• 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1497

Syllabus

<p>A deputy marshal of the United States, duly appointed as such prior to the passage of the act of March 2, 1889, c. 412, providing for the opening of the Territory of Oklahoma to settlement, and prior to the proclamation of the President of March 23, 1889, fixing the time of the opening of the lands for settlement, and who entered on said lands and remained there in liis official character prior to the day fixed for said opening, was thereby disqualified from making a homestead entry immediately upon • the lands being opened for settlement.</p>