United States v. Conklin

PRAY, District Judge.

This action was brought to cancel and annul certain patents to land described in the complaint and issued by plaintiff to Harry E. Conklin, a defendant herein, and to set aside a deed from him to Ida M. Conklin, his wife, for said land. The complaint alleges that Harry E. Conklin fraudulently represented that he was a citizen of the United States, when as a fact he was a citizen of Canada, in order to obtain the aforesaid patents.

After commencement, and during pend-ency, of this action Harry E. Conklin died, and Mabel Anderson, a daughter, and John T. Earll, as guardian…