King v. United States

The question for decision in this case arises upon the demurrer of the defendants to the plaintiff’s second amended petition. The facts set out in the petition are substantially as follows:

The plaintiff, who is a citizen of the United States, on the 6th day of April, 1891, purchased from the United States at the United States land office at Helena, Mont., a tract of public land containing 160 acres, and for which he was com*373pellecl to pay $2.50 per acre, but that the price fixed therefor by law was only $1.25 per acre, in consequence of which he was compelled to pay $200 in excess of the…