Howe v. Parker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the United States Circuit Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Bill in equity by Arthur Bruce Howe and others against Milton E. Parker and others. From a decree sustaining a demurrer and dismissing the bill, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree which sustained a demurrer to and dismissed the bill of the complainants. On this demurrer the-question whether or not the averments of the bill are true is, of course, not open to consideration, and the only question is whether or not the facts alleged state a cause of action for equitable relief. This is the case they state: Henry Howe, an aged minister of the gospel, made a homestead entry of the S. E. % of section 27, township 12 N., of range 3 W., of the Indian Meridian, in Oklahoma, on April 23, 1889, built himself a house upon, and…
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