Carter v. Ruddy
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. On April 12, 1889, plaintiff in error commenced an action of ejectment in the District Court of Shoshone County, Territory of Idaho, to recover of defendants the possession of a portion of the north half of block 22 in the town of Wallace in said county and Territory, and damages for the detention thereof.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. On April 12, 1889, plaintiff in error commenced an action of ejectment in the District Court of Shoshone County, Territory of Idaho, to recover of defendants the possession of a portion of the north half of block 22 in the town of Wallace in said county and Territory, and damages for the detention thereof. After answers by the several defendants (Idaho having been admitted into the Union as a State), the case was, on application of the plaintiff, transferred to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Idaho. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The first question arises on the plaintiff’s claim of a legal title by virtue of a location of Sioux half-breed scrip. It appears that under the act of Congress a certificate, No. 430, Letter C, for 80 acres, was issued to Walter Bourke. This certificate, which was marked u not transferable or assignable,” was dated November 24, 1856. On June 5, 1886, it was presented by W. R. Wallace at the local land office at Coeur d’Alene, accompanied by an irrevocable power of attorney to him executed by Walter Bourke and his wife, on February 27, 1883, and was locáted upon 80 acres, within which was thp…
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