Hartman v. Warren
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from Hie Circuit Court of the United States for the Distinct of Minnesota. This is an appeal from a decree which sustained a demurrer to a bill in equity and dismissed the bill.
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Appeal from Hie Circuit Court of the United States for the Distinct of Minnesota. This is an appeal from a decree which sustained a demurrer to a bill in equity and dismissed the bill. Emil Hartman, the appellant, brought this bill in tlie court below against .lames H. Warren and his immediate and remote grantee's, the appellees, to obtain a decree of that court that those of the ap-pellees who then held the title to lot 7 and the N. E. % of the S. W. % of section 30. township 63 N., of range Ji W., in tlie county of St. Louis, in the state of Minnesota, held it in trust for liis benefit. The…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
The appellant attacks the patent of the United States, under which the appellees hold this land, on the ground that the patentee'was not legally entitled to receive it. Two preliminary questions are forced upon our consideration, and demand determination before we can reach the investigation of the title of the appellees. They are: Did the appellant, Hartman, ever acquire any right to or equitable interest in the land which was injuriously affected by the issue of the patent to Warren? If not, can he maintain a suit in equity to charge the holders of the legal title under this patent with a…
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