United States v. American Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought a suit in equity against the American Lumber Company and the Central Trust Company to declare null and void certain patents issued by the United States for lands in California, the title to which is vested in the American Lumber Company, subject to the lien of a trust deed to the Central Trust Company, securing bonds of the former company to the amount of |300,000. The defendants pleaded in bar of the suit that by an act of congress approved March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1093, § 8), it is pro*828vided that “suits by the United States to vacate and annul…
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