Sullivan v. Damon
District Court, N.D. Iowa
In Equity. Suit by John Sullivan against Annette Damon and others to recover certain land. On final submission.
1Opinion of the Court
REED, District Judge.
This suit is by the complainant to require the defendants, as the widow and heirs at law of M. H. Damon,, deceased, to convey to him the legal title to certain land in O’Brien county, this state, which it is alleged the defendants hold in trust for the complainant. The land is a part of that patented by the United States to the state of Iowa under the act of Congress approved May 12, 1864 (Act May 12, 1864, c. 84, 13 Stat. 72), for the benefit of the Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad Company, but which was never conveyed by the state to that company for the reasons stated in…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ard v. BrandonSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Sioux City & St. Paul Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Brandon v. ArdSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Campbell v. WeyerhaeuserCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1908
- Harvey v. HollesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern Iowa · 1908
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Sullivan v. DamonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- United States v. BushDistrict Court, W.D. Washington · 1916