
    DIAZ v. UNITED STATES.
    APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. '
    No. 97.
    Submitted February 10, 1873.
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    Decided March 3, 1873.
    
      Pico v. United States, 2 Wall. 279, and Peralta v. United States, 3 Wall. 434, followed.
    
      Mr. S. O. Houghton for appellant.
    
      Mr. Attorney General for appellee.
   Mr. Chief Justice Chase

delivered the opinion of the court.

I am instructed to say that the decree in the Circuit Court for the District of California is affirmed on the authority of Pico v. United States, 2 Wall. 279, and Peralta v. United States, 3 Wall. 434. It is not thought necessary to do more than to refer to these cases. Affirmed.  