United States v. Bennett

BOO.TH, District Judge.

This is a suit by the United States to cancel a homestead patent on the ground of fraud. The complaint alleges that the final proof as to actual and continuous residence on the land was false and fraudulent, and known by the defendant Cyrus L. Bennett so to be, and that the officials relied upon the same, and were deceived thereby. The complaint further alleges that the defendant Roland M. Bennett asserts an interest in the land by reason of a warranty deed, dated December 9, 1918, executed to him by Cyrus D. Bennett and wife. Defendants Bennett and wife, in their…