Supreme Court of the United States April 24, 1876, 646 (Rector v. United States; Hale v. United States; Gaines Et Al. v. United States; Russell v. United States)

Mr. Justice Bradley

delivered the opinion of the court.

The title to a well-known watering-place in the State of Arkansas, called the Hot Springs, now located in Hot Springs County, has been contested by a number of claimants for nearly half a century.