Jackson v. McKeown

This is a suit in equity to restrain a levy upon land which plaintiff acquired from the government. Judgment being for defendants, plaintiff brings error, and applies for a supersedeas with a request that the cause be disposed of as upon final hearing.

On May 5, 1915, plaintiff filed on the land in question as a homestead under the homestead acts of the United States. He received his final certificate on May 18, 1918, and his patent about six months later. On March 29, 1915, which was long prior to the issuance of the patent, defendant McKeown, as an accommodation maker, signed a promissory…