Causey v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts, which involve the validity of an entry of and.patent for public lands under the homestead laws, are .stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
This is a suit by the United States to recover the title to 157.77 acres of land in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, patented to Powhatan E. Causey and by him transferred to James L. Bradford. While the land was yet public, Causey secured a preliminary homestead entry thereof by taking an oath, as was required, that he had not directly or indirectly made, and would not make, any agreement whereby the title which he might acquire would inure in whole or in part to the benefit of another. After the expiration of fourteen months he secured a final entry under the commutation provision of the…
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