United States v. Riviera Realty Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi; Edwin R. Holmes, Judge. Bill in equity by the United States against the Riviera Realty Company. Decree for defendant, and the United States appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
By the bill in this cáse the United States alleged its ownership of the east half of section 24, township 6 south, *410range 6 west, in Jackson county, Miss., and that the assertion of a claim or interest in that land by the defendant, appellee here, based on a location certificate or patent issued by the state of Mississippi in about the year 1862 to one W. B. Hamilton, through whom the defendant claims to derive title, constitutes a cloud upon the plaintiff’s title thereto. The relief prayed was an adjudication against the claim asserted by the defendant, and that the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shoub v. PerkinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1916