Ragan v. Sheffield

WOLVERTON, District Judge.

This is a suit on the part of complainant to have the defendants declared trustees of the Sheffield homestead, lying within the boundaries of the old Siletz Indian reservation, for the use and benefit of complainant. The litigation arises out of the issuance to Sheffield, one of the defendants, of a patent to the land in dispute; the complainant alleging that he was entitled to such patent, and that the Land Department wrongfully, and without authority of law, issued the same to Sheffield.

Ragan, the complainant, filed a homestead application on this land *359August 22,…