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Show . , liut Tiro Claim.. Some lime i:go the senate passed a resolution calling for information with respect to any cases which might be before be-fore United States courts in the west involving in-volving tale to Spanish or Mexican private pri-vate laud grants. The replies received re-ceived show that Colorado is the only state having any such cases in court. District Attorney John 1). Fleming of Colorado, iu his letter to Attorney General Miller, says there are but two cases upon the dockets of the United States courts of his district w hich involve in-volve the validity of any private land claims. These are suits by the government govern-ment against the Cleveland and Colorado Colo-rado Cattle company aud B. F. McDan-icl McDan-icl for the purpose of abating fences claimed by the government to be upon public land, and by the defendants to be within the Las Animas Mexican land grant. This grant, which was made originally origin-ally to Cornelie Vigil and Cerati St. Vrain, was confirmed by congress in lWiO. to the extent of twonlvtwo leagues square. The cattle company and McDanicl set up title to some 4,000,000 acres, tho whole of the original grant. Circuit Court Judge Brewer, before he was promoted to the supreme court bench, rendered an opinion sustaining sus-taining the government's position and declaring the action of congress to bo final. Mr. l-'lemming thiuks this decision will be accepted and that no appeal will be taken to the supremo court. The land claimed is, he says, partly mountainous and partly a rolling roll-ing plain. Some precious metals are found in the mountains and it furnishos good grazing ground. Large deposits of coal are being worked. The plain land is not only good for grazing, but very valuable agricultural land when irrigated. |