United States v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United S'tates for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Suit by the United States against John B. Howard and others. From a decree for defendants, the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MUNGER, District Judge.
This suit was brought to cancel a patent issued to John B. Howard for 160 acres of land in Scotts Bluff county, Neb. The decree was in favor of the defendant. The bill alleged that the patent was obtained by false and fraudulent statements made by the entryman in making his application for the land as a homestead, and in his final proofs. The defendant filed his homestead application for this land on August 10, 1900, and on August 12, 1905, he filed a final affidavit with the register and receiver of the local land office, in which he swore that he had made actual…
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