United States Court of Private Land Claims

Justices for the United States Court of Private Land Claims (1891-1904). Pictured (l-r) Thomas C. Fuller, Wilbur F. Stone, Chief Justice Joseph R. Reed, Henry C. Sluss, and William W. Murray

The United States Court of Private Land Claims (1891–1904) was an ad-hoc court created to decide land claims guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, and in the states of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming.