Federal Trust Co. v. Sundeen

Redick, District Judge.

*613Action in equity to cancel an assignment of a school land lease for 25 years, made by Julia Walsh, plaintiff’s ancestor, to Walter Sundeen, defendant. The plaintiffs are Federal Trust Company, administrator of the estate of Julia Walsh, and John Walsh, devisee. The latter will hereafter be referred to as plaintiff. The lease in question was for 160 acres of land in Lancaster county about 10 or 12 miles from the city of Lincoln. The rent payable to the state was $432 per annum, subject to revision by the state authorities. The land had been occupied for many years by…