Bowen v. Hickey

Appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant.

Plaintiff brought this action in equity to secure a decree determining that the respondent, a patentee invested with legal title to certain lands described in the complaint, held such lands and the title thereto in trust for appellant. The cause of action had for its basis the asserted claim that appellant, having first become vested with the right to have patent issued to him covering the lands in controversy, was wrongfully prevented from the enjoyment of that right through erroneous decisions made by officials of the federal Land…