Exploration Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This suit was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado to cancel nine coal land patents embracing 1120 acres of land in Colorado which, it was charged, had been procured from the United States by fraud.
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APPEAL EROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This suit was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado to cancel nine coal land patents embracing 1120 acres of land in Colorado which, it was charged, had been procured from the United States by fraud. A further purpose of the suit was to cancel deeds of the same land from various persons to one Philip L. Foster alleged to be in secret trust for the Exploration Company, a foreign corporation, for whose 'benefit it is alleged the frauds were committed. Six of the patents were of date of October…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
The Circuit Court of Appeals found that the evidence fully supported the findings of the trial court. We find no occasion to disturb the findings of fact by two courts. The question presented for our consideration is whether ■ the suit was barred by the statute of limitations under' the Act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1093, which provides:
“ That suits by the United States to vacate and annul any patent heretofore issued shall only be brought within five years from the passage of this act, and suits to vacate and annul patents hereafter issued shall only be brought within six years after the…
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