United States v. Exploration Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado; Robert E. Lewis, Judge. Suit in equity by the United States against the Exploration Company, Limited, and Philip L. Foster. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
GARLAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado, dismissing upon demurrer a bill of the United States filed for the purpose of having set aside and declared null and void certain patents for coal lands.
f t ] Appellees move to dismiss the appeal for the reason that Alexander Burrell was a party defendant in the court below, and is not made a party on this appeal. We do not think the record shows that Burrell had any interest in the subject-matter of the suit. There is a *388general allegation in the bill that the…
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