Supreme Court of Arkansas January 13, 1913 (Jimmerson v. Fordyce Lumber Co.)

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). It is true, as stated by counsel for appellant, that the courts are without jurisdiction t'o determine the rights of rival claimants of land of the United States while a controversy is being waged before the proper officers of the Interior Department to settle such rights. Marquez v. Frisbie, 101 U. S. 473; Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Gray Eagle Oil Co., 190 U.