Chadek v. Turcotte
District Court, D. Montana
In Equity. Suit by E. E. Chadek against E. W. Turcotte and others.
1Opinion of the Court
BOURQ1JIN, District judge.
Tins suit to quiet title presents but il?e issue of the validity of cotdiictliig deeds executed in circumstances following: Before a United States commissioner L. Chadek made homestead final proof, and later hi the day agreed to and did execute a deed of Hie land to Turcotte and 1wo ocher defendants. Two days later the commissioner transmitted the proof to the land office, and the deed was recorded. A few days earlier a departmental agent filed in the land office a protest against the “entry and the making of final proof,” and when the proof was received the “entry…
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