Baker v. Schofield
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This is an action by John W. Schofield, as receiver of the Merchants’ National Bank of Seattle, Washington, insolvent since 1895, against Charles H. Baker, receiver of the bank from 1895 to 1899, and others, seeking a decree declaring the defendants to be holders of certain real property in Seattle in trust for the plaintiff, and asking a conveyance thereof to the plaintiff.
The property in controversy is block 430 of Seattle Tide Lands, a tract of some twelve acres, and the leasehold of the harbor area lying in front of that block. In conformity with the provisions of the state law, the…
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