United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL AND CROSS APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. These are cross appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, affirming in part and reversing in part a decree of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Arkansas. The bill was filed on April 5, 1902, by the United States against the Detroit Timber and Lumber Company, the Martin-Alexander Lumber Company and a number of individual defendants.
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APPEAL AND CROSS APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. These are cross appeals from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, affirming in part and reversing in part a decree of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Arkansas. The bill was filed on April 5, 1902, by the United States against the Detroit Timber and Lumber Company, the Martin-Alexander Lumber Company and a number of individual defendants. The object of the bill was to set aside patents to forty-four tracts of land issued to the individual defendants and all conveyances,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The able and elaborate opinions of both the Circuit Court and the Court of Appeals relieve us from much labor. There are two questions of fact: First, whether the parties making the entries had, prior to acquiring, title from the Government, made any agreement with the Martih-Alexander Company for a conveyance of an interest in the properties, or were seeking to acquire title solely for their own benefit. Second, whether the Detroit Company was a purchaser in good faith from the Martin-AIexander Company. With reference to the first question, the Circuit Court was of the opinion that there…
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