... from a determinate spot of ground, because his father had done so before him : or why the occupier of a particular field or of a jewel, when lying on his death-bed, and no longer able to maintain possession, should be entitled to tell the rest of... Journal of United Labor - Page 478by Knights of Labor - 1883Full view - About this book
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