Norton v. Evans
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. On December 2, 1895, appellant, as plaintiff, filed Ms bill of complaint in tiie district court of Jefferson county, Colo., praying that defendants, as holders of the legal title to the S. W. % of section 3, town 4, range 69, in said county, be adjudged and decreed to hold such title as trustees for the plaintiff, and be ordered to convey such title to him.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. On December 2, 1895, appellant, as plaintiff, filed Ms bill of complaint in tiie district court of Jefferson county, Colo., praying that defendants, as holders of the legal title to the S. W. % of section 3, town 4, range 69, in said county, be adjudged and decreed to hold such title as trustees for the plaintiff, and be ordered to convey such title to him. The case was removed to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Colorado, and on May 8, 1896, a demurrer to the bill of complaint was…
1Opinion of the CourtBrewer, Circuit Justice
Certain technical objections are made by the appellees to the sufficiency of the bill of complaint. One is that, while the plaintiff alleges that in 1895, at the time of the filing of the bill, he was over the age of 21 years, and duly qualified to enter a homestead under the laws of the United States, he does not allege that he was of that age or so qualified in 1885, when he filed his-application to enter. Another is that it appears that the land was within the terminal limits of a rail-" road land grant; that by section 2357, Rev. St., the price of all public land within such limits was…
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