· 1/27/1919
United States v. New Orleans Pacific R. Co.
Citations
- 248 U.S. 507
- 39 S. Ct. 175
How courts have described this case
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- considering whether an agreement \had become unenforceable by reason of inexcusable laches\
- describing an actual settler as someone who “had the qualifications named in the homestead law, was expecting to acquire the title under that law, [and] had placed on the land a habitable dwelling in which he and his family were living”
- consider- ing whether an agreement “had become unenforceable by reason of inexcusable laches”
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Judges: Van Devanter
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