Connor v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; George M. Bourqüin, Judge. Suits in equity by the United States against William Connor and against Ida Connor (consolidated). Decrees for the United States, and defendants appeal.
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Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana; George M. Bourqüin, Judge. Suits in equity by the United States against William Connor and against Ida Connor (consolidated). Decrees for the United States, and defendants appeal. On the 30th day of June, 1899, the appellant Ida Connor, proceeding under and by virtue of the provisions of the act of Congress of March 3, 1877, entitled “An act to provide for the sale of desert lands in certain states and territories,” as amended by the act of Congress approved March 3, 1891, filed in the land office of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). [1] 1. A preliminary question arises in these suits with respect to certain assignments of error of the appellants wherein it is alleged that it was error on the part of the trial court to refuse to approve the report of the master in chancery, and to order the bills dismissed as the *526master recommended, and, further, that the decrees were erroneous, in that, the causes having been tried before the master under a consent agreement, whereby the master was to,try all of the issues and report the same to the court, the District Court had no jurisdiction in the…
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