United States v. Peterson

McDERMOTT, Circuit Judge.

The government sought to cancel final certificate and patents to certain lands in Wyoming, issued to Helen E. Peterson; and to set aside a deed to such lands from the patentee to John W Webster. The trial court dismissed the bill, upon motion of the defendants, at the close of the plaintiff’s ease, for insufficiency of proof.

The bill of complaint alleged (1) that the; defendant Peterspn had made a false affidavit, as to her actual residence; (2) that she had) agreed to sell the land to the defendant Webster, contrary to a statement in her affidavit;. (3) that, after…