Rufus Wheeler Peckham

“ Whatever the rights of the claimant may be, if any, to have its claim decided by a judicial tribunal, it certainly has no right to ask that the court of private land claims shall pass upon its claim when, by the very act which creates that court, it is prohibited from exercising jurisdiction in a case like the one before us. ”

“ Fourth. No claim shall be allowed for any land the right to which has hitherto been lawfully acted upon and decided by Congress or under its authority.'
The history of the action of Congress in relation to this claim, as contained in the petition and in the answer, shows that, so far as the rights of the claimant under the land grants are concerned, those rights had been lawfully acted upon and decided by Congress prior to the passage of the act of 1891. ”

“ It has no other jurisdiction than that granted by Congress, being confined entirely to claims of the character mentioned in the act.
The 6th section of the act describes generally the character of the claims submitted to the court for adjudication.
Section 13 of the act provides 'that all the foregoing proceedings and rights shall be conducted and decided subject to the following provisions as well as to the other provisions of this act, namely: . . . ”