Jones v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
error to the circuit court oe appeals for the ninth circuit. Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a judgment for the United States in the District Court in an action to recover the value of public lands patented as a result of fraudulent entries and proofs procured by the defendant. ’ Entrymen unable to make improvements by reason of age or poverty may contract with another to build dwellings, clear land and furnish money to buy stock and provisions,…
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error to the circuit court oe appeals for the ninth circuit. Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming a judgment for the United States in the District Court in an action to recover the value of public lands patented as a result of fraudulent entries and proofs procured by the defendant. ’ Entrymen unable to make improvements by reason of age or poverty may contract with another to build dwellings, clear land and furnish money to buy stock and provisions, without violation of the homestead laws. Conway v. United States, 95 Fed. 615; Grubbs v. United States, 105 Fed. 314,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit brought by the United States to recover the value of lands that it alleges it was induced to part with through the defendant’s fraud. The lands concerned had been in the Siletz Indian Reservation in Oregon and had been thrown open to homestead entry by the Act of August 15, 1894, c. 290, § 15, 28 Stat. 286, 326. In addition to the usual fees a payment of $1.50 per acre was required, and three years’ actual residence on the land was to be established by such evidence as was required in homestead proofs. The complaint alleges that the. defendant, with intent to acquire title to…
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