United States v. McLeod
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon
In Equity. Suits by the United States against G. B. McEeod and James E. Warwick, against G. B. McEeod and William H. Watkins, and against Samuel E. Carson and G. B. McEeod. The cases were consolidated for trial.
1Opinion of the Court
BEAN, District Judge.
These are three suits to cancel patents of the United States for lands in Eane county, Or., dated in 1901, and purporting to have been issued to persons by the names of James E. Warwick, William H. Watkins, and Samuel E. Carson, upon proof of settlement and cultivation under the homestead law. They present substantially the same facts and were tried together.
It is clearly shown by the testimony that there were no such persons *509as Warwick, Watkins, or Carson, and that there was no settlement, residence, or cultivation by any person on any of the land described in the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Colorado Coal & Iron Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Moffat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. McClureU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Oregon · 1909