Fisher v. Rule
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devantek
This is a suit by Fisher to have Rule declared a trustee for him of the title to certain land in Nebraska, for which Rule holds a patent under the homestead law of the. United States. Fisher lost in the District Court and its decree was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 232 Fed. Rep. 861.
The case presented by the record is as follows:
In 1904, when the land was public land, a son of Rule applied for and secured a preliminary homestead entry thereof at the local land office. Under the ruling then and for many yeárs prevailing in the Land Department he had six months within which to…
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