Townsend v. Little
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EROM THE' SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE UTAH. ■ By an act of Congress passed March 3d, 1867, entitled “ An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands,” 14 Stat. 541, it was provided that whenever any portion of the public lands of the United States had been, or should thereafter be, settled upon and occupied as a town site, it should be lawful for the corporate authorities of .the town to enter at the proper land office, at the…
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APPEAL EROM THE' SUPREME COURT OE THE TERRITORY OE UTAH. ■ By an act of Congress passed March 3d, 1867, entitled “ An Act for the relief of the inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands,” 14 Stat. 541, it was provided that whenever any portion of the public lands of the United States had been, or should thereafter be, settled upon and occupied as a town site, it should be lawful for the corporate authorities of .the town to enter at the proper land office, at the minimum price, the land so settled and occupied, in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
After stating the facts in the foregoing language, he continued:
The facts found by the court leave no ground for the appellant’s case to rest on. Whatever rights, if any, she might have as against Townsend, had he continued the owner of the premises in controversy, she certainly has none against innocent Iona fide incumbrancers and purchasers without notice of her claim. The arrangement between Townsend and the appellant was a secret agreement known only to themselves, and, as found by the court, they, after the agreement, continued to live together, as they bad previously done, in order that…
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