Bird v. Terry
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Washington
In Equity. The following is the agreed statement of facts: It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between Messrs. Reid & Meade, solicitors for complainant, George Bird, and Edward E. Cushman, Assistant United States Attorney, and attorney for defendant, Frank Terry, that the following are material facts which could be proven under the issues, and that they are hereby stipulated to be the controlling facts in this case.
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In Equity. The following is the agreed statement of facts: It is hereby stipulated and agreed by and between Messrs. Reid & Meade, solicitors for complainant, George Bird, and Edward E. Cushman, Assistant United States Attorney, and attorney for defendant, Frank Terry, that the following are material facts which could be proven under the issues, and that they are hereby stipulated to be the controlling facts in this case. It is further stipulated and agreed that upon this statement of facts this cause is submitted to the court for judgment, and that by submitting the case upon the said agreed…
1Opinion of the Court
HANFORD, District Judge.
It is my opinion that the patent issued by the United States government to the plaintiff, George Bird, is not a meaningless or deceitful document, which conveys no estate to-the grantee, and I hold that it must be regarded and construed as a. *477bona fide and valid instrument, effective to fulfill the promise made to the grantee named therein as one of the Indians concerned in the treaty made by Gov. Stevens in the year 1854. By the treaty, Bird, as the head of a family, was entitled to have the quantity of land which the patent conveys allotted to him in severalty as a…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Bird v. WinyerWashington Supreme Court · 1901
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