In re Evans
District Court, D. Idaho
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of the bankruptcy of Herbert I,. Evans. On petition to review orders of referee, authorizing and confirming a sale of lands on which the bankrupt had entered under the desert entry laws.
1Opinion of the Court
DIETRICH, District Judge.
[1] On June 16, 1916, Herbert F. Evans was adjudged a voluntary bankrupt. In his petition he stated that he was “willing to surrender all his property for the benefit of his creditors, except such as is exempt by law.” He was at the time entryman under public land laws of the United States of desert entry No. 011795, embracing 160 acres of land in the Boise land district, in Idaho. He had not yet made final proof. The referee, adopting the *958view that the entry was subject to administration, directed the trustee to sell it. The bankrupt is here seeking a review of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hoffeld v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
- United States v. Commonwealth Title Insurance & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Powell v. PowellIdaho Supreme Court · 1912
3Cited by1 opinion
- Saper v. DelgadoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945